French unions defend workers’ actions

The pictures flashed around the world Oct. 5. Faced with angry workers who tore off their bosses’ white collars, top…

October 25, 2015

As ATI lockout drags on, solidarity grows

For two months, Allegheny Technologies Inc. has kept members of the United Steelworkers (USW) out on the picket line. Workers…

October 23, 2015

B&H workers protest

Workers and supporters trying to win a union and a contract with the quarter-billion-dollar retailer B&H rallied at Ninth Avenue…

October 23, 2015

Detroiters confront corporate looters

What the system calls looting — maybe grabbing some groceries or a winter coat from a store during a rebellion…

October 23, 2015

On the picket line

Demand higher fine for farmworker’s death Randy Vasquez, 27, was killed Feb. 24 when the tractor he was driving overturned…

October 23, 2015

The Indonesian bloodbath, Part 2

In Part 1 of this article, we wrote about the U.S. role behind the scenes in bringing about the horrendous…

October 23, 2015

Victory for fired KFC worker

The manager at Kentucky Fried Chicken on Telegraph Avenue and 28th Street in Oakland, Calif., fired union organizer Shonda Roberts…

October 23, 2015

Freedom will come to Palestine

The situation in the Middle East has been a hotbed of chaos for some time now. From the unjust wars…

October 22, 2015

U.N. Security Council authorizes EU naval attack in the Mediterranean on migrant ships

A further militarization in the Mediterranean has been approved through a resolution passed by the U.N. Security Council on Oct.…

October 22, 2015

Layoffs still loom over industry as South African mine strike ends

An agreement between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and several coal sector firms ended a more than one-week strike…

October 22, 2015