Labor and strikes

Baltimore supports railroad workers’ right to paid sick leave

December 11, 2022 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau

December 8 — A rush-hour protest in downtown Baltimore showed support for railroad workers under attack. The newly formed Ad Hoc Committee To Support Railroad Workers called the action. Protesters expressed their outrage at the […]

New York City in solidarity with railroad workers

December 9, 2022 Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau

Dec. 7 — Hundreds came to New York City’s Grand Central Terminal to protest President Joe Biden’s strikebreaking against 115,000 railroad workers. Many commuters were sympathetic and took leaflets. Union members and their supporters marched […]

Baltimore City escalates racist attack on squeegee workers and Black youth

December 4, 2022 Lev Koufax

Earlier this month, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s “Baltimore Squeegee Collaborative” task force announced an action plan. This plan claims to address the socioeconomic and cultural issues associated with the phenomenon of street laborers, usually in […]

As railroad workers fight for dignity and sick leave: Stop government strikebreaking!

December 1, 2022 Stephen Millies

Every worker has the right to withhold their labor. Concerted action and collective bargaining by workers are supposed to be protected by law. That hasn’t stopped President Biden from demanding on Nov. 28 that Congress […]

Dockworkers fight for a decent contract

November 5, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein

Early in the morning on Nov. 2, dockworkers, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Locals 10, 34, and 91, walked off the job in a one-day work stoppage, closing down the Port of […]

Kroger-Albertsons merger means layoffs, higher food prices

November 5, 2022 Scott Scheffer

A proposed deal between two of the biggest grocery chains in the U.S. — Kroger and Albertsons — has many thousands of workers worried about losing their jobs. It also raises the possibility of more […]

Railroad workers have had enough

September 24, 2022 Stephen Millies

President Biden announced a tentative agreement on Sept. 15 between the railroad monopolies and unions representing 115,000 railroad workers. It still has to be voted upon by union members. The terms may include a 24% […]

The great revolutionary Saladin Muhammad joins the ancestors

September 20, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha

Greetings Comrades, And thank you for your patience and support today. It is with great sadness and profound loss that we announce the passing of our exemplary revolutionary warrior and leader, Comrade Brother Saladin Muhammad. […]

Support squeegee workers: Self-defense against racism is not murder

August 5, 2022 Lev Koufax

On August 2, a Baltimore City grand jury issued an eight-charge indictment, including first-degree murder, against a 15-year-old squeegee worker accused of killing a white motorist in downtown Baltimore. The shooting occurred after a 48-year-old […]

CNH workers are fighting a giant

July 2, 2022 Stephen Millies

Since May 2, some 1,100 workers have been on strike against CNH Industrial in Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Iowa. These members of the United Auto Workers are up against Italy’s richest family, the Agnellis who […]