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Baltimore City escalates racist attack on squeegee workers and Black youth

December 4, 2022 Lev Koufax
Earlier this month, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s “Baltimore Squeegee Collaborative” task force announced an action plan. This plan claims to address the socioeconomic and cultural issues associated with the phenomenon of street laborers, usually in […]
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As railroad workers fight for dignity and sick leave: Stop government strikebreaking!

December 1, 2022 Stephen Millies
Every worker has the right to withhold their labor. Concerted action and collective bargaining by workers are supposed to be protected by law. That hasn’t stopped President Biden from demanding on Nov. 28 that Congress […]
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Dockworkers fight for a decent contract

November 5, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Early in the morning on Nov. 2, dockworkers, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Locals 10, 34, and 91, walked off the job in a one-day work stoppage, closing down the Port of […]
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Kroger-Albertsons merger means layoffs, higher food prices

November 5, 2022 Scott Scheffer
A proposed deal between two of the biggest grocery chains in the U.S. — Kroger and Albertsons — has many thousands of workers worried about losing their jobs. It also raises the possibility of more […]
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Railroad workers have had enough

September 24, 2022 Stephen Millies
President Biden announced a tentative agreement on Sept. 15 between the railroad monopolies and unions representing 115,000 railroad workers. It still has to be voted upon by union members. The terms may include a 24% […]
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The great revolutionary Saladin Muhammad joins the ancestors

September 20, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
Greetings Comrades, And thank you for your patience and support today. It is with great sadness and profound loss that we announce the passing of our exemplary revolutionary warrior and leader, Comrade Brother Saladin Muhammad. […]
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Support squeegee workers: Self-defense against racism is not murder

August 5, 2022 Lev Koufax
On August 2, a Baltimore City grand jury issued an eight-charge indictment, including first-degree murder, against a 15-year-old squeegee worker accused of killing a white motorist in downtown Baltimore. The shooting occurred after a 48-year-old […]
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CNH workers are fighting a giant

July 2, 2022 Stephen Millies
Since May 2, some 1,100 workers have been on strike against CNH Industrial in Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Iowa. These members of the United Auto Workers are up against Italy’s richest family, the Agnellis who […]
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Juneteenth and ILWU: All workers win when slavery ends!

July 1, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Holding signs and chanting “Black Lives Matter, honor Juneteenth as a workers’ holiday!”, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and several other organizations rallied at the waterfront in Seattle on Monday, June 20, the […]
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Million Worker March leader talks with Teamsters: Roots of unity in the labor movement

May 30, 2022 Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas — labor organizer, retired member of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10, leader of the Million Worker March Movement and author of the recently released “Mobilizing in our Own Name: Million […]