Workers unite!

Oil refinery workers begin major strike

Catlettsburg, Ky., Feb. 5 — Oil refinery workers here are on what they say is their biggest strike since 1980.…

February 6, 2015

On the picket line

U.S. oil workers strike Shell The United Steelworkers called a strike on Feb. 1 at nine plants run by Royal…

February 6, 2015

‘Don’t privatize Oakland schools!’

Several hundred Oakland Education Association teachers as well as students and parents rallied outside an Oakland Unified School District Board…

February 3, 2015

Despite historic blizzard, bus drivers pack court for union militant

Boston, Feb. 2 — A record-breaking snowstorm has shut down streets, schools and airline flights throughout the Northeast. With 34.1…

February 2, 2015

Hands off Boston bus drivers!

The jury trial on trumped-up charges against union leader Steve Kirschbaum will begin on Feb. 2. After months of pretrial…

January 28, 2015

Stop Veolia in Boston and Detroit!

The following message from the four fired leaders of United Steelworkers Local 8751 in Boston was delivered to the Detroit…

January 24, 2015

On the picket line

VW workers not fooled by bosses’ pseudo-union plan After narrowly losing a union election in the Chattanooga, Tenn., Volkswagen assembly…

January 24, 2015

Autoworkers picket Detroit auto show

For the seventh year in a row, rank-and-file United Auto Workers members and supporters picketed outside the North American International…

January 15, 2015

10 most dangerous jobs. Guess who’s not there?

Facts are very stubborn things. Very often they contradict what is considered general knowledge. Which raises the question: What is…

January 15, 2015

Workers in Germany challenge Amazon

The Christmas spirit doesn’t suspend the class struggle. German workers and their union, Ver.di, want a higher minimum wage and…

January 11, 2015