Workers Struggles

A history of the 1934 San Francisco General Strike …

On April 28, the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco announced layoffs of 53 …

Landscape workers for luxury estates in the Hamptons live and work in life-threatening conditions. …

Reflections of a comrade from the Workers’ Pole on the current popular uprising by Erica …

In the face of any attempt to impose an authoritarian solution to the Bolivian crisis, …

George Orwell’s novel 1984 was published 77 years ago. The authoritarianism he warned about is showing up in today’s capitalist states. …

One of the most important working-class holidays originated in the United States in the 1880s …

After striking for three weeks, in early April meatpacking workers in Colorado ended their strike …

On Monday, March 16, meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, began a two-week strike against Swift …

The recent revelation of sexual abuse by Cesar Chavez is the latest example of a man misusing his power. Workers’ organizations need to remember that we are fighting to end all forms exploitation. …

Layoffs in recent months are a normal part of capitalism, which is why this system needs to go. …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser Oakland in …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser Oakland in …

Photo credit: AP Photo/Andres Kudacki …

On December 28, masses of people took to the streets across Iran in protests that, …

On Monday, January 12, nearly 15,000 nurses at three of New York City’s largest hospital …

Starbucks workers across the United States kicked off an open-ended unfair labor practice strike last …

For the past two weeks, Italian workers and a diverse layer of the population have …

The protest movement that took down the Nepalese government shows the power of masses of people. …

From a correspondent in France On Wednesday, September 10, and then again on Thursday, September …

September 15, 2025 editorial of the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France, translated from French …

Workers at Boeing’s warplane plants in St. Louis went on strike on August 4 after …

Boeing plans to hire scabs to defeat its striking workers. …

A popular uprising is sweeping Indonesia, against the policies of the president. …

On August 17th, over 10,000 striking Air Canada workers took a historic step and continued …

On August 21st, nurses at the Kaiser San Rafael facility held a one-day protest in …

Immigrant workers in Prato, Italy, won a 40-hour work week after 14 weeks of striking. …

On August 17, 1985, workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in the small town of …

On Wednesday July 9th, there was a general strike of workers across India. The union …

Since taking office in late January, Trump and his anti-worker bureaucrats have already begun to …

Since March 2025, workers across Panama have revolted against a new pension law that attacks …

Protestors in San Francisco prevented ICE from abducting immigrants. …

As the Trump administration continues to escalate its aggressive attack on immigrants across the country, …

On Friday, May 16, more than 400 NJ Transit train engineers (the workers who drive …

Donald Trump began his second presidency determined to shut down U.S. government programs, which his …

Baltimore Department of Public Works (DPW) workers are angry that their union, AFSCME Local 44, …

As Trump has issued executive order after executive order and his billionaire bureaucrats have cut …

On March 27, President Trump declared that a million federal workers would lose their collective …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now newsletter for BART (Bay Area Rapid …

The Trump administration knows its policies are unpopular, so it represses opposition: all the more reason to resist! …

VTA workers are still on strike for better wages, despite management’s insults to the workers. …

Last August, Ronald Silver II died from being overworked and deprived of hydration in the sweltering heat of 99°F. Following …

In 2021, workers from multiple Starbucks locations in Buffalo, NY stood together to fight for …

Workers at the South Bay’s Valley Transportation Authority went on strike for wage increases. …

On March 7, 1932, an explosive confrontation took place when at least 3,000 Ford workers …

Hundreds of thousands of people in Greece went on strike and protested against the government’s handling of a train crash. …

The hit Broadway musical Wicked finally gets the Hollywood treatment, bringing its message about rejecting …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now newsletter for BART (Bay Area Rapid …