Guerrilla tactics, solidarity fuel Writers Guild strike

Guerrilla tactics, solidarity fuel Writers Guild strike

 May 25 – The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is in its 24th day, holding strong and gaining ...
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Los Angeles-area strikes show: Labor’s sleeping giant is awakening

Los Angeles-area strikes show: Labor’s sleeping giant is awakening

 A series of strikes in the Los Angeles area provide an example of what has been happening across the ...
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USC bus drivers want a union

USC bus drivers want a union

 University of Southern California shuttle bus drivers have petitioned for a union election which is now scheduled for March ...
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Labor seizes the time to 'Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!'

Labor seizes the time to ‘Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!’

As leaders in the vanguard of social activism in the labor movement, Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) locals in San ...
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International dockworker unions gather in Durban

International dockworker unions gather in Durban

A delegation of international and local dockworker trade unions and academics have descended on Durban to mark the anniversary of ...
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Over 7,000 nurses are on strike in New York City. Here’s why

Over 7,000 nurses are on strike in New York City. Here’s why

On Monday, January 9, over 7,000 New York City nurses from Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals in Manhattan and the ...
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Capitalism’s war on railroad workers continues under president whose support for unions rings hollow

Capitalism’s war on railroad workers continues under president whose support for unions rings hollow

The U.S. Congress imposed a labor agreement on 115,000 railroad workers on December 1, disregarding the vote from four unions ...
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16,000 nurses say they are ready to strike across New York City

16,000 nurses say they are ready to strike across New York City

An estimated 16,000 unionized nurses from private hospitals across the New York City metropolitan area announced strike authorizations on Friday ...
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UC strike victory: Capitalist academic machinery no match for workers’ power

UC strike victory: Capitalist academic machinery no match for workers’ power

The strike by academic workers at University of California has ended.  For more than a year the bargaining teams from ...
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'Nurses have had enough': Largest-ever NHS strike kicks off in Britain

‘Nurses have had enough’: Largest-ever NHS strike kicks off in Britain

Tens of thousands of nurses across Britain are set to walk off the job Thursday in what's been described as ...
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