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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 […]
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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. […]
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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), […]
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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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16,000 nurses say they are ready to strike across New York City

January 3, 2023 Jon Queally
An estimated 16,000 unionized nurses from private hospitals across the New York City metropolitan area announced strike authorizations on Friday as current contracts are set to expire and the region continues to experience a “tridemic” […]
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UC strike victory: Capitalist academic machinery no match for workers’ power

December 29, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The strike by academic workers at University of California has ended.  For more than a year the bargaining teams from United Auto Workers Locals 2865 and 5810 tried to negotiate for better wages, an improvement […]
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‘Nurses have had enough’: Largest-ever NHS strike kicks off in Britain

December 15, 2022 Jake Johnson
Tens of thousands of nurses across Britain are set to walk off the job Thursday in what’s been described as the largest-ever strike by National Health Service workers, who said they were forced to act […]