Labor

Labor actions spread as South African truckers end strike

The 43,000-strong truckers’ strike ended on Oct. 11. An agreement with the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, a…

October 20, 2012

‘Mic check’ solidarity with grocery workers

On Oct. 13, a 13-person multinational group from “99-Pickets” with Labor Occupy Wall Street and Brooklyn’s Kensington OWS took action…

October 20, 2012

Grain Handlers to lock out longshore workers

  This lightly edited article was written for the Port Workers United newsletter in Oakland, Calif. Thomas is a third-generation…

October 18, 2012

Low-wage workers take on Walmart

From Illinois to southern California, Walmart workers are fighting back against one of the most notorious union-busting corporations in the…

October 17, 2012

Striking warehouse workers & supporters shut down Walmart warehouse hub for day

Bulletin: As this story went to print, the 21-day strike came to an end. The striking workers at Walmart’s Elwood…

October 12, 2012

Autoworkers speak out: ‘We got a war going on’

Detroit — When you read about the auto industry in the news media, all they talk about is the “rebound” of…

September 22, 2012

On the picket line

Warehouse workers on strike in Calif., Ill. Workers at warehouses in major Walmart distribution centers in California and Illinois have…

September 22, 2012

Pizza workers hold informational picket

Palermo’s Workers Union members and supporters participate in an informational picket at a Sendik’s grocery store in Shorewood, Wis., on…

September 19, 2012

Rally backs steelworkers in West Virginia

People rallied Sept. 8 in solidarity with members of Steel Workers Local 5668 of Ravenswood, W.Va., who have been on…

September 12, 2012

South African workers’ stoppages spread

The Lonmin Platinum PLC in Marikana, South Africa, has not restarted production at the facility where 44 workers died in…

September 12, 2012