Workers unite!

FIST youth say — ‘Occupy Madison! Shut RTW down!’

Madison, Wis. -- Gov. Scott Walker and Senate Republicans shoved through right-to-work (-for-less) legislation on Feb. 26 following a day…

February 28, 2015

Oil strikers march on Marathon Petroleum as strike expands

Findlay, Ohio -- Over 200 oil strikers and supporters demonstrated on Feb. 24 in Findlay, Ohio, where the Marathon Petroleum…

February 26, 2015

Detroit youth: ‘I stand with Boston bus drivers’

Boston is hundreds of miles from Detroit, but the fight of Steelworkers Local 8751 to beat the union-buster Veolia Corp.…

February 26, 2015

Boston union under siege

Drop the bogus charges! “There’s no such thing as neutral. You have to be on one side or the other.…

February 26, 2015

Bosses ‘fire’ 300 Local 10 members in Oakland after tentative agreement at West Coast ports

News broke on Feb. 20 that an agreement between the Pacific Maritime Association — the organization of the West Coast…

February 23, 2015

Walmart gives up a little — workers fight for more

Walmart is the largest private employer in the United States, hiring around 1 percent of all U.S. workers.  Its announcement…

February 23, 2015

On the picket line

Record snowfall burdens low-wage workers As many feet of snow continue to bury the Northeast, hourly workers are among those…

February 19, 2015

Striking oil workers win support in Texas

As you enter the United Steelworkers Local 13-227 union hall in Pasadena, Texas, just outside Houston, the signs and notices…

February 17, 2015

5,000 oil workers on strike

Toledo, Ohio — Since Feb. 1, thousands of oil workers across the country — members of the United Steelworkers union…

February 17, 2015

Mini lockouts: Has Walmart come to the waterfront?

On Feb. 14, President Barack Obama dispatched Secretary of Labor Tom Perez to meet with the International Longshore and Warehouse…

February 16, 2015