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<span class="streamer2">Boston University</span><br /> Historic union win for grad workers

Boston — Over 3,000 new members of the Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU), Service Employees (SEIU) Local 509, celebrated…

December 20, 2022

<span class="streamer">Anniversary of first union win:</span><br />Protests target Starbucks

December 9 marked the one-year anniversary of the historic victory at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, when the…

December 13, 2022

Union strong at Houston Starbucks

  Supporters gathered at the Starbucks in Houston’s huge medical center for a “Sip In” on Dec. 2 to support…

December 8, 2022

<span class="streamer">Members elect militants</span><br> ‘A new, more aggressive UAW’

For over 70 years, the International Executive Board (IEB) of the United Auto Workers union has been dominated almost exclusively…

December 7, 2022

Mushroom workers keep up the fight

Seattle Workers from Ostrom Mushroom Farms traveled 200 miles from Sunnyside, Washington, to picket the Metropolitan Market in Seattle on…

November 29, 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

Fires break out at Amazon, workers organize

The dangers of working for megacorporation Amazon are now well-known: repetitive motion injuries to workers monitored for measurable, robotic movements;…

October 12, 2022

WAAR Workers Assembly celebrates dynamic victories and challenges

New York City What was originally planned in New York City as an Oct. 1 Union Square protest — supporting…

October 4, 2022

Marching California farmworkers say ‘Sí, se puede! Yes, we can!’

Despite a farmworkers’ 24-hour vigil going on in Sacramento, California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is still stalling on signing Assembly Bill…

September 28, 2022