Workers Struggles

The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …

The December 2021 explosion at the CSX coal pier in the Curtis Bay neighborhood of …

May Day was established as an international holiday in 1889 to honor the struggles and …

April 10, 2023 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA. …

Union Pacific Railroad (UP) routinely employs private investigators to find a pretext for firing employees …

On Monday morning, nearly 9,000 tenured professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers went on …

For months, starting in mid-January, there have been ongoing strikes and mobilizations in France. There …

Many thousands of workers and students have taken to the streets of France once again …

Last month, New York City Uber and Lyft drivers staged a 12-hour strike at LaGuardia …

In mid-February, striking coal miners at the Warrior Met Coal mine in Brookwood, Alabama decided …

These train crashes expose the backwards priorities that are rampant throughout this whole system, not just in the railroads. Workers know all too well the many ways companies risk our lives and the safety of our communities for profit …

After a month-long, rotating strike that began in mid-January, 150,000 teachers and supporters staged a …

Yet again, an outburst of senseless and seemingly random violence rocks a community. This time …

Last year the California Legislature approved the Fast-Food Recovery Act, which would have created a …

Nurses occupied NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to force the hospital to honor their contract. …

Nurses in the UK went on strike on January 18 and 19, and more strikes are expected in the coming months. …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …

January 23, 2023 editorial of the workplace newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New …

Last summer, the federal Department of Labor opened an investigation into Packer Sanitation Services, Inc. …

The following article has been edited and reprinted from our workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …

Another annual ritual of capitalism has came and gone — Black Friday, the day following …

On November 22nd, 800 longshore workers in Mobile, Alabama in the union International Longshoremen’s Association …

Last Friday, President Biden signed a Congressional resolution to impose a contract on railway workers. …

Online and on social media, Chinese families blamed authorities for the death of a four-month-old …

Conductors and yard workers represented by the Transportation Division of International Association of Sheet Metal, …

The possibility that workers might strike against national freight rail companies has gotten some headlines …

The Workers’ Party of Argentina held a rally with over 35,000 people, fighting for socialism. …

October 24, 2022 Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, …

On October 27, 1969, over 150,000 workers across the United States walked out of General …

Last month, the Iranian morality police murdered 22-year old Mahsa Amini for the crime of …

In the United Kingdom (U.K.), more than 50,000 rail workers represented by three unions recently …

For those not familiar with the railroads, trying to follow the situation over the last …

On Thursday, Sep. 14, two unions representing about 60,000 railroad workers announced that they have …

Note: This article comes from the most recent edition of Speak Out Now’s Healthcare Newsletter.  Kaiser …

On August 28, nearly 2,000 port workers in Felixstowe, the United Kingdom’s busiest port, concluded …

In recent months, workers at over 220 Starbucks locations in 33 states across the United …

Coal miners in Alabama have been on strike now for more than 500 days — …

The bosses are always trying to find new ways to squeeze more work out of …

Thousands of Northern California Kaiser mental health clinicians have been on strike since Monday, advocating …

On August 2nd the teachers of Panama ended their nationwide strike that sparked strikes for …

Workers at UPS and Amazon have been dying of extreme heat, while the companies make profit. …

The following short video {5 min} was produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Meg …

The following article has been edited and reprinted from our workplace newsletter at BAY AREA …

As working conditions in the rail industry have worsened, Biden has used an executive order to create a board to mediate a labor dispute and prevent rail workers from striking for 60 days. …

This year’s Labor Notes Conference in Chicago brought a record number of activists and rank …

Apple workers in Towson, Maryland have voted to form a union, the first at Apple. …

On May 28, 2022, striking workers at Chevron in Richmond, California voted by a narrow …

On June 14, South Korean truck drivers won an eight-day strike for higher wages. In …