Labor and strikes

Killing workers, jacking-up prices: Dead animal capitalists sacrificed meat and poultry workers
Fifty-nine thousand workers at the five biggest U.S. meatpacking companies fell ill from COVID-19. That's three times higher than previous ...
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‘Mobilizing in Our Own Name’ book explored at labor center webinar
From Clarence Thomas, author of "Mobilizing in Our Own Name: The Million Worker March": "On Nov. 18, I was honored ...
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Teamsters United victory is historic step forward
Washington, D.C. — Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) around the country have much to celebrate. For over ...
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Unemployed Workers Union: We’ll continue to fight!
Nov. 3 — The Unemployed Workers Union strongly disagrees with Circuit Court Judge John Nugent’s order to dismiss our lawsuit, ...
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Mobilizing in our own name
An interview with author and labor activist Clarence Thomas This season is being called #Striketober. Workers are showing their power ...
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Two, three, many Striketobers!
The U.S. working class is waking up angry and defiant. More than 100,000 workers are on strike from coast to ...
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Union victory for NOLA city workers as council ratifies $15 minimum wage
On Oct. 7, the New Orleans City Council ratified a $15-an-hour minimum wage for city workers, effective in January. This ...
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Nabisco starts to crumble under strike pressure, struggle continues
After five weeks on strike against snack company Nabisco and its parent monopoly, Mondelez International, workers represented by the Bakery, ...
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Never forget the Hamlet fire: Capitalist greed killed 25 workers
Twenty-five workers were killed on Sept. 3, 1991, when a fire broke out at the Imperial Foods chicken plant in ...
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Happy Labor Day — now drop dead
At least 7.5 million workers will lose all their unemployment benefits on Sept. 6. Another 3 million workers will lose ...
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