Class Struggle

AC Transit workers have gotten an extension of the current contract and a raise, but it’s not much considering inflation and pandemic conditions. …

Workers at the Richmond Chevron refinery have been on strike for a month. Chevron has brought in less skilled replacement workers, causing instances of polluting flaring. …

An interview with an activist from Sri Lanka about the crisis and protests there. …

Workers at the JFK8 Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, have voted to form a union. …

Over 500 workers at the Richmond, California Chevron refinery have gone on strike. …

Tesla was recently sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) for racial discrimination …

Workers at Golden Gate Transit have voted to authorize a strike. …

On Tuesday, Feb.1 a nationwide “silent strike” took over the streets of Myanmar to honor the one-year anniversary of the fight against the military takeover, of Feb. 1, 2021. …

Some striking workers in Guadeloupe have won concessions from the government. …

Since Wednesday, Jan. 12th, more than 8,000 workers in the Denver metro area at King Soopers, a grocery chain store owned by Kroger, have been on strike against low wages and poor working conditions. …

The voice of a fast food worker that faced degrading working conditions and low pay. …

Workers at the Bay Area Rapid Transit system are confronted with the challenges of the latest COVID surge. …

On January 13, teachers in the National Education system went on strike en masse. Even the leading parents’ federation had called for children not to go to school. …

An investigation by Propublica published in Dec. 2021 reported that over $5.2 billion in Temporary …

Let’s coordinate so we can work together and reclaim our power from the capitalists. Here is a good resolution for 2022: risk everything to gain everything. …

The people of Kazakhstan are rising up against the dictatorship of their government and Russian intervention. …

On December, 27th, after two and a half months on strike, workers at Kellogg’s voted to ratify a five year contract and return to work. …

The bosses hunger for profits was greater than their concern for the well-being of their workers, leaving 14 people dead in recent tornadoes. …

After rejecting a tentative agreement with a two tier wage structure, Kellogg’s has recently responded by trying to hire permanent replacement scabs. …

December 6, 2021, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the NPA, Translated from French …

In the French West Indies, Guadeloupe and Martinique, an explosive social movement has been underway for weeks against the imposition of mandatory vaccination in workplaces and the institution of a health pass. …

Lecturers across the University of California system are going on strike for better working conditions. …

The following is a diary the last days of the campaign of Argentinian revolutionary socialist group, Partido Obrero (Workers Party). …

On November 17th, after being on strike for 35 days across 14 facilities in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Georgia and Colorado, 61% of the over 10,000 John Deere workers have voted to approve the third contract proposal. …

After defeating the laws that would have eliminated vital protections for Indian farmers, one of the protesters said the victory felt “like you’ve conquered Mount Everest.” …

30,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in Southern California and Oregon have voted to strike. …

On Tuesday, November 2nd, 10,000 John Deere workers in the United Auto Workers (UAW) union rejected a second tentative agreement to continue their strike which started on October 14. …

Like the mass demonstrations that ousted Sudan’s dictator two years ago, the people are refusing the military’s recent effort to determine their future. …

The contract may be signed but the fight is far from over! …

The past month has seen a strike wave in the United States. …

10,000 workers at John Deere went on strike against a bad contract. …

Workers at Kellogg’s are standing up to the bosses strikebreaking tactics. …

John Brown and his followers stand as an example of how working people of different skin colors and backgrounds can join together and take action against the oppressing ruling classes.  For that reason, we recognize John Brown’s raid as part of the long struggle to end oppression and create a just and equal world for all people.  …

Since September 16th, carpenters in Seattle have been on strike for better pay, benefits and working conditions while voting down four previous tentative agreements. …

Workers in France are striking against the privatization of the public transit system. …

The giant Chinese real estate company Evergrande is on the verge of bankruptcy, drowning in debt, which could have huge shockwaves around the world. …

Workers at Nabisco, the company that makes snacks like Oreos, Fig Newtons and Wheat Thins, have been on strike since August 10th. …

Transit workers in the Bay Area are fighting for hazard pay for working during the pandemic. …

Miners from the Warrior Met Coal Company in Alabama have been on strike since April 1. …

Eighty-six years ago, longshore workers all along the Pacific coast were on strike. …

Nurses at a hospital in Massachusetts are protesting unsafe practices in the longest strike in state history. …

On June 26th, 1894, members of the American Railway Union began a boycott in support …

On Memorial Day weekend, we remember the 1937 massacre of Chicago steelworkers. …

The UAW shut down a Volvo workers’ strike in Dublin, Virginia. …

Colombians have been protesting proposed tax reforms that would increase the tax rates of low-income people. …

Healthcare workers in Argentina are striking against worsening standards of living. …

May Day 2021: Celebrating the Struggles of the Past — Preparing Those of the Future …

This system throws people away and blames them in the process. It forces people to survive out of their cars in droves, scraping together pennies working back breaking jobs until they die. And the film Nomadland tells some of their stories. …