Workers unite!

Labor appeal for Boston school bus drivers’ union

The following June 11 letter was sent out to the labor movement and signed by Myles Calvey, business manager, International…

June 23, 2014

Boston School Bus drivers’ union, supporters call for Solidarity Day III

Going to Boston to help build support for the School Bus Drivers, United Steelworkers Local 8751 was a unique and…

June 23, 2014

On the picket line

S.F. transit drivers protest contract with sick-out More than 500 drivers of San Francisco’s buses, cable cars, streetcars and light…

June 21, 2014

UAW Convention: Is the union ready to fight?

On June 5, the United Auto Workers — a union founded in 1935 in a period of tumultuous class struggle…

June 19, 2014

Restaurant workers demand justice

A protest was organized in front of Liberato Restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., on June 10. Workers employed at the…

June 19, 2014

The great train robbery: Swedish railroad strike against Veolia escalates

Stockholm, Sweden -- A train strike in southern Sweden has evolved into a major battle about worsening working conditions in…

June 17, 2014

LGBTQ and bus drivers’ union solidarity

By WW Buffalo Bureau and Gerry Scoppettuolo Boston --  The $15-and-a-union struggle sweeping the country rolled through the streets of…

June 17, 2014

Transit workers conduct one-day strike in Philadelphia

Bulletin: The workers went back to work on June 15 by order of the Obama administration.   June 14 —…

June 16, 2014

Seattle campaign wins phased-in $15 minimum wage

On June 2, the Seattle City Council passed a $15-minimum-wage law. In the council chambers, supporters from across the labor…

June 13, 2014

Walmart workers strike in 20 cities

In response to company harassment and attempts to silence workers who had protested and walked off their jobs over intolerable…

June 13, 2014