Workers unite!

California education workers militant and in motion

After months of negotiations, the University of California Service Workers, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299,…

May 17, 2018

Milwaukee teachers: ‘Scott Walker unwelcome!’

Despite a rainstorm, numerous poor and working people participated in an “(Un)Welcome Scott Walker” protest at the Milwaukee Public Museum…

May 17, 2018

Labor, community take on Amazon

Massive gentrification in Seattle, led by the Amazon company and its headquarters here, has restructured the city. Amazon now rents…

May 17, 2018

On the picket line

First U.S. fast food union sizzles in Oregon Workers at a Burgerville restaurant in Portland, Ore., won a momentous victory…

May 12, 2018

Education workers and class struggle

This is a lightly edited version of a talk given at the Midwest Marxist School in Detroit in April 2018.…

May 10, 2018

Workers’ Memorial Day in Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa — Iowa workers gathered in the Hawkeye State to commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day and continue the fight…

May 10, 2018

Harvard grad student workers unionize

In a Harvard Crimson interview on May Day, President Drew Faust said she would bargain with its new graduate student…

May 9, 2018

Student-worker solidarity occupies The New School

Since May 1, there has been an ongoing occupation of the cafeteria at The New School in New York City.…

May 7, 2018

Lessons of the Arizona educators’ strike

Arizona education workers ended a six-day strike on May 3. The work stoppage involved more than 75,000 education workers throughout…

May 7, 2018

Columbia Graduate Workers’ strike: New era of struggle

Teaching and research assistants at Columbia University went on strike April 24, demanding the university recognize and bargain with the…

May 7, 2018