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Railroad contracts: Biden, Walsh thwart use of strike weapon

As the deadline for a national railroad strike loomed, President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh hammered…

September 23, 2022

Philly Museum of Art workers strike

During a one-day strike Sept. 16, workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art picketed the renowned institution as a warning…

September 22, 2022

On the Picket Line

Railroad Workers United rejects tentative agreement   The Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) released recommendations Aug. 16 on contract negotiations between…

September 8, 2022

Ohio teachers win through mass solidarity

In a climate of recent worker mobilizations and fights, teachers in two different Ohio school districts started their school year…

September 2, 2022

Angered by inflation, British workers strike

Ever since then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher “solved” Britain’s economic problems by hammering down workers while ignoring their needs in the…

August 26, 2022

On the picket line

Mental health workers strike for their patients The psychologists, social workers and other mental health care workers at Kaiser Permanente…

August 26, 2022

Strikes hit Seattle

Sandwich makers in Seattle are following the path of Starbucks workers. Workers at Homegrown toil at a large enterprise, making…

August 22, 2022

Buffalo Starbucks strike wave

Buffalo’s Genesee Street Starbucks, the second Starbucks in the U.S. — out of more than 200 now — to win…

August 2, 2022

Seattle/Workers fight back against Starbucks’ attacks

Seattle Starbucks, headquartered in Seattle, is trying with a vengeance to halt the unionization of some of its prime stores.…

July 29, 2022

On the picket line

Harrisburg postal union gains new members The 100 truck drivers at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, location of 10 Roads Express have…

July 28, 2022