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Writers strike threatens entertainment industry profits

At a minute past midnight PDT, 3:01 a.m. EDT, May 2, some 11,500 Writers Guild members launched a strike against…

May 8, 2023

As pension cut becomes French law: Unions fight back

Following the April 14 rubber-stamp approval by France’s Constitutional Council, on April 15 President Emmanuel Macron signed into law the…

April 18, 2023

Boston Teamsters rally to prepare Aug. 1 UPS strike

Boston Over 1,000 delivery drivers and warehouse logistics workers at United Parcel Service (UPS), many donning T-shirts emblazoned “Ready to…

April 10, 2023

Germany: Warning strike turns up the steam

By Arnold Schölzel The author is a former editor of the German newspaper junge Welt, where this article was published…

March 30, 2023

On the Picket Line

Nontraditional workers march for unemployment benefits Earlier this month, hundreds of workers marched across the Manhattan Bridge in New York…

March 24, 2023

Heroes honored on Flint Sit-down anniversary

February 11 was the 86th anniversary of one of the most significant events in U.S. labor history: the victory of…

February 17, 2023

Capitalism’s undervaluation of nursing care

Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar “Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles…

February 9, 2023

2.5 million French workers defend pensions, defy gov’t attacks

Responding to a joint call from France’s union confederations, 2.5 million angry French workers protested Jan. 31 in 250 cities…

February 5, 2023

On the Picketline

Unionized Yale grad students begin collective bargaining Yale graduate students have joined the ranks of unionized workers, like their counterparts…

January 27, 2023

Mass strike in France to defend pensions – Time to fight for Social Security here

Over 2 million workers in France participated in a general strike/mass mobilization on Jan. 19, denouncing plans by President Emmanuel…

January 27, 2023