A graduate from the right-to-work state of Idaho, on why he joined the Freedom Socialist Party.
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Hotel workers’ shining example
Rank-and-file leads the way in Connecticut.
US Women’s Soccer team closes ranks for equal pay
This world champion, vastly popular squad of athletes is winning victories against astonishing sexist discrimination, and stirring others to do likewise.
Latin American updates
U.S. returns to the “big stick” in Venezuela; in Mexico, maquila strikers spread demands for union democracy.
Labor Weather Report, June 2019
April 2019 — Stop & Shop: win and loss. Over three thousand Stop & Shop supermarket workers in New England went on a militant, highly publicized and supported strike for eight days, and won! They preserved their relatively good contract for current workers. BUT UFCW unions agreed to a two-tier contract, at the expense of… Read more »
Author Susan Eisenberg reviews High Voltage Women
Eisenberg, a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, praises the book’s “rich accomplishments.”
Drawing the lessons from a 5-year pay and conditions battle
Public sector workers speak-out!
Strike victory for discount pharmacy workers in Australia
Successful fight against low pay, temporary work, bullying, and sexual harassment holds lessons for every job battle.
Matamoros: la Clase Obrera Levanta la Cabeza
La mitad de la fuerza de trabajo de Matamoros, Tamaulipas, se fue a la huelga. Esta ciudad fronteriza tiene unas 110 empresas maquiladoras que emplean a 70 mil personas. Esta ciudad ha sido el escenario de la principal lucha obrera en mucho tiempo en México. Luego de varias décadas de “paz laboral”, de un largo… Read more »
Labor Weather Report: Workers press on, February 2019
CWA workers defeat union busting in NYC; South Korean hunger strikers win changes in safety rules for all workers; and United Electrical workers in Pennsylvania strike and win back their union status from a new, anti-union company owner.