Labor and strikes – Page 5 – Struggle

Class struggle is back! 150,000 Auto Workers poised to strike

September 9, 2023 Sharon Black

A strike by 150,000 workers at automakers Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) looks imminent. In a recent Facebook Live event, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain declared the Stellantis proposal trash, tossing it […]

Coast-to-coast book tour introducing Cleophas Williams, first Black president of San Francisco dockworkers

August 13, 2023 Gary Wilson

Clarence Thomas, a Black labor union leader and third-generation retired member of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10, published — and wrote an introduction to — a new book called “Cleophas Williams: […]

UPS Teamsters union struggle is critical for all workers

July 1, 2023 Gavrielle Gemma

Strengthen the union for this contract and the upcoming battle to save tens of thousands of jobs from automation. 340,000 workers, members of the Teamsters Union, worked tirelessly during the worst of the COVID pandemic. […]

Danny Glover becomes honorary member Of ILWU Local 10 on Juneteenth

July 1, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha

San Francisco actor and activist Danny Glover was made an honorary member of ILWU Local 10 on Juneteenth. All Bay Area ports were shut down on the day, and Glover and members of the ILWU […]

Seattle longshore worker on the meaning of Juneteenth

June 28, 2023 Alia Lighter

The morning of June 19, 2023, Local 19 led a Stop Work action in honor of Juneteenth. June 19, 1865, the calvary rolled into Galveston, Texas, and freed those slaves after 2 1⁄2 years of […]

Longshore workers to review proposed union contract

June 23, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

In June, the union contract dispute between 22,000 longshore workers in 29 ports on the West Coast — members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) — and the port bosses — the Pacific […]

Teamsters fight for union rights

June 23, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

UPS Teamsters take a strike vote On June 12, the UPS Teamsters reported that 97% of the members voted to authorize a strike. The overwhelming unity of the members gives the union negotiating committee maximum […]

Workers at Target attacked by far-right

June 10, 2023 Gregory E. Williams

Newsflash: The anti-LGBTQ+ bigots are anti-worker The far right’s agitation around corporate brands is not limited to boycotts and outlandish social media posts. They are harassing and threatening retail workers in person. When Target pulled […]

‘Pride on the picket line’ for Writers Guild strike

June 9, 2023 Melinda Butterfield

“New York is a union town, the queers are here to shut you down!” The chant rang out loud and strong through Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood on June 1, the first day of LGBTQ+ Pride […]

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UPS Teamsters start strike authorization vote

June 9, 2023 Sean Orr and Elliot Lewis

With the largest private sector labor contract in the United States set to expire on July 31 at midnight, the eyes of the American labor movement are on United Parcel Service (UPS) and the nearly […]

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