Labor and strikes

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‘Cancel Spectrum’s franchise!’

December 28, 2019 Stephen Millies
New York, Dec. 23 — Striking Spectrum cable workers and their supporters gathered on the steps of City Hall today to demand the New York City Council kick the union-busting outfit out of town. The […]
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‘What do we want? Justice! Boycott Wendy’s!’

November 21, 2019 Anne Pruden
New York, Nov. 18 — Hundreds of Immokalee farmworkers and supporters took over the block outside Wendy’s headquarters this afternoon. Inside the upscale Manhattan offices at 280 Park Avenue were several of Wendy’s board of […]
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Chicago teachers fight ‘for the common good’

November 3, 2019 Scott Scheffer
After 11 days on strike, delegates of Chicago Teachers Union have suspended the Chicago teachers’ walkout and members are headed back to their classrooms.  A tentative agreement has been reached with Chicago Public Schools that […]
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Transit workers rally in NYC. To hell with Pat Fraud!

November 2, 2019 Stephen Millies
New York, Oct. 30 — Ten thousand transit workers jammed Manhattan’s lower tip tonight to say “No!” to the Mass Transit Administration’s giveback demands. MTA chairman Pat Foye — also known as “Pat Fraud” — […]
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Chicago teachers strike continues

October 22, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Chicago, Oct. 21 — The joint strike by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and SEIU Local 73 continued October 18 and through the weekend as the office of Mayor Lori Lightfoot continued to refuse to […]
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‘You have to stand for something’: GM workers speak out

October 16, 2019 Emma Rose
Nearly 50,000 members of the United Auto Workers are in the fifth week on their nationwide strike against General Motors. Key issues for the union include ending the company’s use of tiered wage plans that […]
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Auto strikers say no more tiers

September 28, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
The national strike by 49,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) workers against General Motors that started on September 15, 2019, is the biggest strike in the country since a two-day walkout against GM by the UAW […]
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‘Fighting for future generations’: Auto workers strike against GM

September 19, 2019 Greg Butterfield
Sept. 18 — Almost 50,000 members of the United Auto Workers union walked out against General Motors on Sept. 16, shutting down 55 factories and parts plants across the U.S. It’s the largest strike in […]
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Call a new “Solidarity Day” against racism and bigotry!

August 21, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
To AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Call a new “Solidarity Day” against racism and bigotry! Defend migrants and refugees! Over 130 years ago, the Wall Street wheeler-dealer Jay Gould declared he could “hire one-half of the […]
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‘We are not robots!’ Amazon workers and their supporters stage strikes and protests worldwide

August 4, 2019 Sharon Black
Shakopee workers lead the way On Prime Day, Amazon’s so-called bargain shopping days, Shakopee, Minn., workers conducted a strike despite major intimidation tactics by the company.  Bosses, police and “loss prevention” specialists lined the entrance […]