Labor unions

On the picket line

Demanding workers’ rights at African American Museum Members of labor, human rights and faith communities protested at the main offices…

August 27, 2012

Caterpillar vs. Machinists: Giveback contract whets Wall St.’s appetite

With anger and tears, a narrow majority of union machinists at the Caterpillar plant in Joliet, Ill., voted on Aug.…

August 27, 2012

’We are all Asotrecol’

Activists from Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich., came together on short notice for an emergency demonstration to support the fired,…

August 24, 2012

Houston janitors take on the 1% — and win!

Houston — After a hot summer of mass demonstrations, civil disobedience, rallies, almost 70 arrests, prayer vigils and marches, Houston…

August 16, 2012

SEIU protests layoffs

Unemployment Compensation Center workers joined Service Employees union activists outside their call center during their lunch hour on Aug. 8…

August 16, 2012

Forum examines rank & file longshore struggle

San Francisco — The solidarity of the Occupy movement with the struggle of workers was highlighted on July 29 in…

August 10, 2012

On the picket line

NYC taxi drivers win raises & rights After months of negotiations with the Taxi and Limousine Commission — and strong…

August 10, 2012

On the picket line

Caterpillar plays hard ball with striking workers The nearly 800 members of Machinists Local 851 in Joliet, Ill., have been…

August 3, 2012

Boycott Palermo’s! Youth support striking pizza workers

The strike of workers at Palermo’s Pizza is entering its third month. On July 29, students from Youth Empowered in…

August 2, 2012

Restaurant workers get support

A strong, multinational protest took place on July 19 in front of the Capital Grille on East 42nd Street, a…

July 29, 2012