Labor and strikes – Page 6 – Struggle

ILWU to celebrate Juneteenth with a shutdown

June 4, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

Seattle port bosses fired the International Longshore and Warehouse (ILWU) Local 52 workers on the June 2 night shift and again on the morning shift, says Gabriel Prawl, a longshore worker and a leading member […]

ILWU contract talks: Pandemic profits at the forefront

June 3, 2023 ILWU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2023CONTACT: media@ilwu.org ILWU Remains Committed to Negotiating a Good Agreement for ILWU Workers as Contract Talks Continue Pandemic profits at the forefront SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 2, 2023) – The […]

Cleophas Williams: My Life Story in the ILWU Local 10

June 2, 2023 Gloria Verdieu

A book review When I received this beautiful book from Delores Lemon-Thomas and Clarence Thomas, I could not wait to begin reading it. I had the honor of meeting and talking with Sadie Williams, […]

Guerrilla tactics, solidarity fuel Writers Guild strike

May 27, 2023 Scott Scheffer

May 25 – The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is in its 24th day, holding strong and gaining support from other unionized workers and allies, not only in the entertainment industry but even […]

Los Angeles-area strikes show: Labor’s sleeping giant is awakening

April 3, 2023 Scott Scheffer

A series of strikes in the Los Angeles area provide an example of what has been happening across the U.S. Having been in a defensive mode for decades, union workers are chipping away at […]

USC bus drivers want a union

March 14, 2023 Scott Scheffer

University of Southern California shuttle bus drivers have petitioned for a union election which is now scheduled for March 23. Graduate students at USC won union representation within weeks of the successful strike by […]

Labor seizes the time to ‘Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!’

February 18, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

As leaders in the vanguard of social activism in the labor movement, Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) locals in San Francisco and Oakland, California, shut down their ports on February 16 to demand freedom for […]

International dockworker unions gather in Durban

January 27, 2023 Lyse Comins

A delegation of international and local dockworker trade unions and academics have descended on Durban to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Durban strikes that preceded the formation of South Africa’s powerful trade union movement. […]

Over 7,000 nurses are on strike in New York City. Here’s why

January 10, 2023 Natalia Marques

On Monday, January 9, over 7,000 New York City nurses from Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals in Manhattan and the Bronx, respectively, went on strike. Nurses, organized by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), […]

Capitalism’s war on railroad workers continues under president whose support for unions rings hollow

January 7, 2023 Stephen Millies

The U.S. Congress imposed a labor agreement on 115,000 railroad workers on December 1, disregarding the vote from four unions to reject it. That is how little real democracy there is in the United States. […]

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