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South African coal miners face challenges

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

November 1, 2015

Wisconsin union ratifies contract gains

Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998 ratified a tentative agreement on Oct. 21. “We are humbled by the solidarity…

October 29, 2015

Chrysler workers vote ‘yes’ on new contract

A new contract between the United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles went into effect Oct. 26. It was ratified…

October 28, 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

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

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

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

Longshore workers: ‘Shut it down May Day 2016’

The Baltimore Workers World Party branch meeting on Oct. 11 featured veteran African-American longshore workers Clarence Thomas and A.J. Mitchell.…

October 22, 2015

Solidarity in Boston: School bus drivers’ union understands it

The Boston school bus drivers’ union, United Steelworkers Local 8751, is fighting on many fronts simultaneously. The union has a…

October 22, 2015