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Education worker strikes begin again

Seattle — Heading into Labor Day, teachers at seven Washington Education Association locals are on strike. More walkouts could follow.…

September 5, 2018

Today is still labor day

The official “Labor Day” has now passed in the U.S. But guess what? Today is still “labor day” – as…

September 4, 2018

Pride at Work convention: ‘Proud and Powerful’

Phoenix, Ariz. — Pride at Work, the LGBTQ Constituency Group of the AFL-CIO, held its triennial convention Aug. 23-25 in…

August 29, 2018

UE convention advances working class solidarity

Raleigh, N.C. — The tenth biannual statewide convention of the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, United Electrical Workers Local…

August 29, 2018

Washington state teachers vote to strike

Aug. 25 — Teachers throughout southwest Washington state have overwhelming­ly approved potential strikes and work stop­pages if their demands for…

August 29, 2018

On the picket line

Contract fightback at Coca-Cola bottling plant in Alabama A multiracial force of 275 drivers, salespeople, merchandisers, clerks and mechanics went…

August 29, 2018

Faculty Forward scores victory at Iowa university

Iowa City, Iowa — The members of Faculty Forward Iowa, part of a national organizing campaign by the Service Employees…

August 26, 2018

Unions mobilize to defend immigrants, defeat ICE

Over 2,000 union members and community supporters rallied here on Aug. 15 for “Labor United to Free the Children.” Called…

August 21, 2018

Solidarity drives a taxi workers’ win

In New York City within the last year, six taxi and “black car” limo drivers killed themselves — in financial…

August 19, 2018

On the picket line

D.C. transit union refuses to work on Nazi-only trains After neo-Nazis decided to commemorate last year’s Unite the Right march…

August 19, 2018