Labor and strikes – Page 16 – Struggle

‘Neutron Jack’ the job killer

March 17, 2020 Stephen Millies

Few tears were shed in Schenectady, N.Y., when former General Electric CEO Jack Welch croaked on March 1. Why should there have been? Welch destroyed 22,000 jobs in GE’s hometown in the 1980s. Welch got […]

California graduate students expand strike for cost-of-living adjustment

March 7, 2020 John Parker

If you go on the website of University of California graduate student workers who are now fighting for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to manage extremely high rents, you will see daily updates like this: “UC […]

Trump’s war on unions: Stand with federal workers!

February 28, 2020 Lev Koufax

On Feb. 21, the Federal Register published a disgraceful anti-worker memo issued by President Donald Trump attacking union rights for civilian workers in the Department of Defense. The memo effectively gives Secretary of Defense Mark […]

‘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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

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” — […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]