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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 […]
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‘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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]