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Labor Peace or Class War?
(reprinted from the BART newsletter) Earlier this year during the negotiations with the Big 3 …
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The San Francisco General Strike • 90 Years Ago: The Power of Worker Solidarity
Eighty-six years ago, longshore workers all along the Pacific coast were on strike. …
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Why did the United Autoworkers (UAW) fail in Alabama?
Non-union auto plants now employ about 50% of the workers building cars and trucks in …
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General Strike in Argentina
On May 9, Argentinian workers conducted a general strike against the policies of President Milei. …
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Six Immigrant Bridge Workers – All Members of the Working Class
And as the deaths of these six immigrants remind us, the working class is international. We exist in every nation on earth, and because we don’t own profit producing property, we are forced to work for those who exploit our labor for profit. Despite all our differences, we have far more in common with working people born in other countries than we do with a boss who might have been born in the country we happen to live in. And once we realize that and begin to act on that fundamental fact, then we can begin to use our collective power. …
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Something is Happening in the American Labor Movement: The “Troublemakers” are Asserting Themselves!
Reprinted from the website of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) in France. Written by an …
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Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Vote to Join UAW – Big Challenges Ahead!
About 150,000 U.S. workers in the multinational auto industry don’t have a union. That’s about …
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Remembering Rana Plaza
Greedy cost-cutting led to the Rana Plaza building collapse on April 24, 2013, killing 1,127 workers and injuring 2,500. …
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1934: Unity Between Strikers and the Unemployed Wins a Union
In 1934, the auto parts manufacturing center of Toledo, Ohio was in the grip of …
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Child Labor Abuse Continues to Rise
Child labor abuse continues to rise as states weaken laws prohibiting it. …
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Nothing Sweet About Working in the Sugar Industry
For centuries, the sugar industry and the slave labor system that produced the world’s sugar, …
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Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Petition for Union Election
A “supermajority,” well over one half, of the 4,300 production and maintenance workers at the …
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A 32 Hour Work Week?
Bernie Sanders proposed a 32-hour work week, though we don’t expect anything to come of it. Instead of waiting for reforms from the top, we can collectively accomplish much more by using our power. …
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It’s Survey Time at Highland
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …
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Bosses have a new tactic to stop workers from forming unions
Workers at big non-union corporations like Tesla and Amazon have been trying to organize unions …
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NY/NJ Port Workers For Peace Say, “Stop Genocide in Palestine.”
Activists in New Jersey held a rally at Elizabeth Marine Terminal to educate workers and rally support for the Palestinian people. …
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Welsh and Ukrainian Miners Show Solidarity Across Borders
Welsh miners went to Ukraine with supplies to show solidarity with Ukrainian miners, who helped them during a 1984 strike. …
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International Women’s Day: Give Us Bread, But Give Us Roses, Too!
March 8th is International Women’s Day. This is a day to commemorate the working women …
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Machu Picchu no está en venta
Los habitantes de Cusco, Perú, donde se encuentra la histórica ciudad Inca de Machu Picchu, …
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Flight Attendants Protest Poor Wages and Working Conditions
Tens of thousands of flight attendants rallied and picketed Tuesday at 30 major airports across …
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Machu Picchu is Not For Sale!
The people of Cusco, Peru are rising up against the privatization of Machu Picchu. …
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What Took the Social Out Of Society?
The following article was written in Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid …
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Durham School Staff Defy the Threat of Wage Cuts
When Durham School System announced that 1,300 “classified staff,” (janitors, IT workers, teachers’ aides, and …
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Thousands of Layoffs at the Big Three Auto Companies – It’s the “Normal Course of Business”
Ford, GM, and Stellantis are laying off thousands of workers, and the UAW is letting them get away with it. …
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Mass Strike in Quebec Shows Potential Power of Working Class
On November 23 of last year, the province of Quebec, Canada, saw the beginning of …
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“No Production Is Worth A Life!” – Indonesian Nickel Plant Workers Demonstrate Against Deadly Conditions
On December 23rd, an explosion took place at the PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel nickel …
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Striking Flint
Remembering the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike, Genora Johnson …
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The UAW announces plans to organize non-union auto companies
During September and October, the UAW took 50,000 of its members who work for the …
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California State University Faculty Go On Strike
California State University faculty went on strike for better working and learning conditions. …
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Refinery Fires In Martinez, CA
In Martinez, a small suburb of the San Francisco Bay Area, two separate fires broke …
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Millions Strike in Bangladesh
On October 31, approximately four million textile workers in and around Dhaka, Bangladesh, began what …
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Baltimore: Nurses at Saint Agnes Hospital Win Union Recognition
Nurses at Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore have won union recognition. …
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Millions of Children Lose Medicaid Health Coverage
Since April, at least 2 million children have lost Medicaid health insurance throughout 21 U.S. states. The reports …
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Air Traffic Controllers Warn The Sky is Not Safe
Every day we are getting closer to a major air disaster. In recent years, the …
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Durham, N.C. Sanitation Workers’ Illegal Strike Wins Pay Increases for All City Workers
Strikes by public employees are illegal in North Carolina. In 2021 and 2022 city officials …
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California Fast-Food Workers Will Get a Raise, But It’s Not as Good as It Sounds
California fast-food workers at big chains like McDonalds will get a raise to $20/hour starting …
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Kaiser’s Historic Strike! But What Will Result?
On October 4, 75,000 Kaiser healthcare workers went out on an unfair labor practices strike …
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Autoworkers’ Strike Shows Our Possibilities
Going into the third week of the strike, last Friday, UAW (United Auto Workers) union …
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The Autoworkers Strike — Go Big or Go Home
There are 150,000 members of the United Auto Workers who work at Ford, General Motors …
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TV and Movie Writers Reach Tentative Agreement
On Sunday, September 24th, the top officers of The Writers Guild of America (WGA), announced a tentative …
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UAW Autoworkers Strike: This is Class War!
In the early hours of Friday, September 15th, union officials of the United Auto Workers …
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There’s a new contract between the Teamsters and UPS — what did the workers get?
Leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) announced toward the end of last month …
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Labor Day – Not Just Another Holiday
Labor Day is a holiday in the United States that supposedly celebrates the history and …
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The UPS Contract – Now It’s Up to the Workers
On July 25, the bargaining team of the Teamsters union and United Parcel Service (UPS) …
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Short Staffing = Short Breaks
This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …
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Teamsters Union and UPS Reach Tentative Agreement
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service (UPS) announced on Tuesday, July 25 …
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Actors on Strike
On July 14, 165,000 actors represented by SAG-AFTRA went on strike against Hollywood studios. They …
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No More Water Breaks: Workers’ Barbeque, Texas Style
September 1, 2023, is a day that will live in workers’ rights infamy. Texas House Bill …
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July 17, 1936 Spain: Workers’ Power Defeats Coup Attempt
On the morning of July 17, 1936, right-wing generals in Spain ordered their troops to …
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Support UPS workers – Their fight is our fight, too!
The contract between UPS and workers in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters expires on July …