Workers unite!

China, rising wages and worker militancy

Workers' wages in the United States have been stagnant since the 1970s in terms of purchasing power. It is common…

July 21, 2015

Farmworkers union on the march

Burlington, Wash. -- Hundreds of farmworkers from Familias Unidas por la Justicia marched along with supporters here on July 11.…

July 15, 2015

New proposal on overtime pay exposes bosses’ theft

Wages for U.S. workers have stagnated for decades, but a lot of economic problems, like low growth, could be alleviated…

July 10, 2015

Oil strike wins improved safety language

Members of Steelworkers Local 13-1 begin returning to work at Marathon Oil’s Galveston Bay Refinery (GBR) on July 6. After…

July 9, 2015

On the picket line

Milwaukee bus drivers stage walkout Contract negotiations between the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998, representing over 1,000 public bus drivers…

July 9, 2015

México’s teachers struggle for justice

Cuernavaca, México -- “To be a teacher and not to fight is a contradiction in our fundamental way of teaching.”…

July 6, 2015

Boston school bus drivers step up the fight

The struggle between the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, Steelworkers Local 8751, on the one hand, and the Boston city…

July 4, 2015

Support fired Liberato workers: ‘Their victory is for all of us!’

At a busy working-class corner — 183rd Street and Jerome Avenue — in the Bronx, N.Y., a loud chant is…

July 2, 2015

Longshore worker local condemns Charleston massacre

The following resolution -- submitted by longshore rank-and-file worker veteran Clarence Thomas -- was adopted by the International Longshore and…

June 28, 2015

Boston protest demands: ‘Reinstate our fired leaders!’

Boston school bus drivers held a militant picket line June 18 outside the headquarters of the notorious Veolia Corporation, which…

June 25, 2015