New York

Baltimore SCLC leader announces May 11 march on D.C.

Excerpts from a talk by the Rev. Cortly “C.D.” Witherspoon, president of the Baltimore area Southern Christian Leadership Conference and…

March 12, 2013

Lessons of the NYC school bus strike: Was it worth it?

The bourgeois media made a decision to portray the end of the New York City school bus union's four-week strike…

February 26, 2013

On the picket line

Illegally fired Cablevision workers fight back Cablevision-Optimum illegally locked out and fired 22 workers Jan. 30 for attempting to address…

February 14, 2013

Unions, parents support NYC school bus workers

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 has been on strike since Jan. 16 against a plan by billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg and…

January 29, 2013

How the climate crisis affects labor unions

New York — It was billed as a breakfast seminar, but nearly 300 people from the labor movement showed up…

January 24, 2013

Walmart CEO protested in New York

More than 100 people from the Restaurant Opportunities Center, Occupy Wall Street Labor Outreach Committee, 99 Pickets, Desis Rising Up & Moving,…

January 18, 2013

At gala dinner in New York, hundreds pay tribute to Ramsey Clark and International Action Center

The event at historic Riverside Church’s Assembly Hall the evening of Jan. 12 will long be remembered. Over 350 political,…

January 16, 2013

Albany, N.Y., protest demands fracking ban

More than 1,000 people from throughout New York state converged on Albany Jan. 9 to demand that Gov. Andrew Cuomo…

January 10, 2013

Hurricane Sandy still impacts workers & poor

The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut came up with a $60 billion figure for the damage Hurricane…

January 3, 2013

Washington’s economic war on Cuba

How long could the U.S. government ratchet up the economic war against the Cuban Revolution in every corner of the…

January 1, 2013