Workers unite!

Resistance grows to planned cuts on disability benefits

Feb. 4 -- While impeachment, the Iowa caucuses and the State of the Union message dominate the news cycle, the…

February 7, 2020

On the picket line

St. Louis janitors ready to strike for $15 an hour Some 2,100 Service Employees (SEIU) Local 1 janitors in St.…

February 7, 2020

Iowa nurses win fair contract at MercyOne hospital

Sioux City, Iowa The union nurses of MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center ratified a new contract Jan. 29. After rejecting the…

February 5, 2020

Seattle hospital workers strike: 7800 say “Patients before profits!”

For three days, from Jan. 28 to 30, 7,800 Seattle-area hospital workers struck the giant consortium Swedish at seven hospitals.…

February 5, 2020

Workers in France say ‘No!’ to government attack on retirement plan

In France 1.3 million workers and their supporters struck, marched and protested Jan. 24 against the Macron government's plan to…

January 30, 2020

Significant win for Clark College faculty

Vancouver, Wash. On the third day of their strike, 96 percent of the over 400 Clark College faculty voted to…

January 30, 2020

Houston: Students, community demand fair pay for construction workers

Houston University of Houston students, professors and community activists joined the Workers Defense Project and construction workers at a rally…

January 29, 2020

Seattle: 10,000 march to honor Martin Luther King

Seattle  The 38th annual march celebrating the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 20 was…

January 29, 2020

On the picket line

‘Amazonians United Sacramento’ walk out Christmas Eve Night shift workers at Amazon’s DSM1 warehouse in Sacramento, Calif.,  celebrated Christmas with…

January 23, 2020

Massive turnout honors life and legacy of Chuck Turner

Boston, USA A capacity crowd of 600-plus people – plus an additional 250 overflow – packed Roxbury Community College Jan.…

January 22, 2020