Workers unite!

Marchers demand $15 an hour, pay McDonald’s a visit

More than 200 activists, including many low-wage workers, marched on March 15 throughout the Herald Square area of New York…

March 18, 2014

‘Hard Times Conference’ to set socialist agenda for South

Durham, N.C. — These are hard times. In the midst of objectively worsening conditions for workers and the oppressed —…

March 11, 2014

On the picket line

Huge wage theft in port trucking industry The National Employment Law Project issued a report Feb. 19 that revealed what…

March 7, 2014

Workers Assembly unites Southern fightback

Workers from across the Raleigh- Durham, N.C., area and from many different workplaces gathered in a Local Worker Assembly sponsored…

March 7, 2014

UAW loss at VW: unions must not vacillate on racism

Several weeks after the United Auto Workers lost a close election at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., the discussion continues…

March 6, 2014

Class war in western Pennsylvania

Altoona, Pa. — For more than three months, 142 locked-out members of Utility Workers Union Local 102 have walked the…

March 3, 2014

UIC strikes: Low-paid adjuncts supported

The repetitious argument about how a college education leads to higher-paid, more secure jobs overpowers both the huge explosion of…

March 1, 2014

Solidarity in the drivers’ seat

San Francisco -- Steven Gillis, the fired vice president of United Steelworkers Local 8751 (Boston School Bus Drivers Union), spoke…

March 1, 2014

Workers assembly plans for spring actions

Baltimore -- The “We Deserve Better” Workers’ Assembly convened a very dynamic and enthusiastic regional workers speak-out on Feb. 22…

February 28, 2014

Broad backing for minimum wage raise

Low-wage workers are carrying out a determined and heroic struggle to force giant corporations like McDonalds, Starbucks, Walmart and others…

February 28, 2014