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Mass strike in France to defend pensions – Time to fight for Social Security here

Over 2 million workers in France participated in a general strike/mass mobilization on Jan. 19, denouncing plans by President Emmanuel…

January 27, 2023

University of California grad student strike ends 

After nearly six weeks on the picket line, 48,000 graduate students at the University of California voted to accept a…

January 12, 2023

2022: Year of the working class in the USA

This article was published Jan. 1, 2023, on the sites of La Pluma and Tlaxcala. The working class in the…

January 5, 2023

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike vs. Block Communications continues

The author is a member of Typographical Local CWA 14156 Communications Workers Locals 14827 and 14842, Typographers and Mailers union…

January 5, 2023

Alta Bates Summit nurses boldly strike for pensions and a contract

Berkeley, California Nurses at the three sites of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center campuses in Oakland and Berkeley went…

January 5, 2023

Nurses’ strikes rock Britain’s National Health Service

Workers across Britain have been engaged in wave after wave of strikes. Since summer, workers in multiple industries have hit…

January 2, 2023

Three-day strike at 100+ Starbucks stores

Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington Union coffee is hot, and at this point the bosses must feel like they’re getting…

December 21, 2022

New School adjunct faculty strike enters third week

New York City Dec. 5 — Raucous twin picketlines at the New School University Center and at neighboring Parsons School…

December 6, 2022

‘Red Cup Rebellion’ Day: Starbucks workers strike 110+ stores

Cleveland As striking members of Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) explained while on the picket line, Red Cup Day is “like…

November 25, 2022

A unionist view of the U.S. midterm elections

By Anders Fenger The following is a Nov. 6 interview of Steve Gillis by Anders Fenger of the electronic newspaper,…

November 22, 2022