Labor and strikes

Labor and strikes

California teachers prepare to strike

December 17, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
Two California teachers unions are on the verge of launching the West Coast’s biggest teacher walkout since 1989. At stake is far more than fair wages for school workers. Contract demands include smaller class sizes […]
Labor and strikes

Spectrum strikers still fighting

December 16, 2018 Stephen Millies
Members of International Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 in the New York City area have been on strike against the Spectrum cable monopoly since March 28, 2017. The 1,800 strikers are fighting Charter Communications, which […]
Labor and strikes

Chicago charter school strikers win

December 12, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
The 500 Chicago charter school teachers at 15 UNO/Acero charter schools reached a tentative agreement with management on December 9. The strike has been suspended. Chris Baehrend, the chairperson of the Charter Division of the […]
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An Amazon worker tells all

December 8, 2018 an Amazon.com Baltimore warehouse worker
First, a little bit about my background. I worked at a garment sweatshop when I was a teenager, piecing together pockets on raincoats, and later on a General Motors assembly line installing power window regulators […]
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Marriott workers win strike

December 7, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
With a settlement in San Francisco on December 3, the largest U.S. hotel worker strike in history has won better wages and job security for 7,700 Marriott workers. Marriott workers went on strike in eight […]
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Graduate unions are winning

December 7, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
Graduate student unions are making advances at Columbia University, Fordham University, Loyola University Chicago, Georgetown University, Brown University and other institutions of higher learning. Columbia University’s graduate student union agreed to a bargaining framework with […]
Labor and strikes

Chicago charter schools teachers walk out

December 7, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
Chicago teachers have launched the first major charter school strike. The teachers and their union charge that the “independent” schools are overcrowded and underfunded. Charter schools are being used to create a second tier in […]
Labor and strikes

Google workers demand better pay, benefits

December 7, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
Google’s temporary, vendor and contract workers (TVCs) are demanding better pay and access to benefits. TVCs make up more than half of the company’s workforce. A letter from the TVCs to Google CEO Sundar Pichai […]
Labor and strikes

Fight for $15 a winner

December 7, 2018 Struggle - La Lucha
The Fight for $15 movement to raise minimum hourly wages led directly to a collective $68 billion raise for 22 million low-wage workers in both the public and private sectors. That’s the conclusion of a […]