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King County, Wash., councilmembers question contract with Veolia union-busters

Our regular readers know that the militant Boston school bus drivers union, USW Local 8751, has been combating a union-busting…

April 2, 2015

Bosses get $243 billion subsidy for paying low wages

The capitalist class has found more and more ways to pay tens of millions of workers below-subsistence wages by shifting…

March 30, 2015

At UAW convention, autoworkers show they want equal pay for equal work

This year, the United Auto Workers union will negotiate new contracts with auto and truck manufacturers General Motors, Ford and…

March 30, 2015

Fighting for $15 minimum wage in the South

Atlanta -- With fists pumping in the air, some 500 low-wage workers from across the South filled the sanctuary of…

March 30, 2015

Oil strike breakthrough

March 22 — The U.S. oil refinery strike, which began Feb. 1, appears to be moving toward a resolution. The…

March 26, 2015

What you can do for the Boston school bus drivers

Victory may still be in the air with the “not guilty” verdict on March 5 in the trumped-up felony case…

March 26, 2015

In Charleston, W.Va., thousands protest ‘right-to-work’ bill

Charleston, W.Va. -- An estimated 7,000 people showed up at the Capitol building in Charleston, W.Va., on March 7 to…

March 21, 2015

Immigrant workers win concession

Since April 2014, Liberato restaurant workers, mainly immigrants from Latin America, have protested wage theft, retaliation and sexual harassment that…

March 21, 2015

On the picket line

Protesters demand $15 minimum wage in Philly Philadelphia, named the poorest big city in the U.S. by a recent census…

March 21, 2015

Slowing world capitalist economy puts workers in danger

The big business media have been crowing recently about the fall in the prices of crude oil and gasoline. They…

March 17, 2015