Workers unite!

SuperShuttle workers protest Veolia’s low wages

Baltimore — One after another, the mostly West African immigrant SuperShuttle workers poured out their grievances in front of the…

January 31, 2014

The low-wage spark

The struggle to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour, which is being embraced not only…

January 25, 2014

On the picket line

Low-wage workers in six states get raises While the federal minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 an hour, some low-paid…

January 25, 2014

Protests demand Wendy’s rehire worker

“We’re going to beat! back! The bosses’ attacks” was the chant of more than 35 people in front of the…

January 25, 2014

NYC airport workers demand living wage

Local 32BJ of the Service Employees union organized a protest on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 20, to…

January 24, 2014

Postal workers, supporters in D.C.: ‘Don’t let another life be taken’

Washington, D.C. -- Letter carriers and community supporters assembled in the midst of hundreds of people at the recently dedicated…

January 24, 2014

Walmart workers jolt NLRB

The National Labor Relations Board on Jan. 15 issued its broadest complaint yet against major transnational corporation Walmart for violating…

January 24, 2014

South Africa struggles continue in platinum mines

An 11-week strike by 7,000 members of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has resulted in a settlement granting…

January 23, 2014

Teachers’ strike shuts Puerto Rico’s schools

Thousands of teachers, students and their families and progressive organizations shook Puerto Rico’s local government as they went to the…

January 22, 2014

Art aids struggle to keep NYC hospital open

On the heels of 12 hospital closings in the last 10 years, a creative new tactic has emerged in an…

January 22, 2014