Posts Tagged: labor
Kaiser Strike: ‘Civil Rights issue of our time’
Dec 13, 2018
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More than 4,000 mental health workers at Kaiser hospitals are wrapping up a spirited five-day strike that began on Dec. 10.
Contract victory for San Francisco hotel workers
Dec 06, 2018
61-day strike wins higher wages, protections from sexual harassment and more.
‘Dress for less’ at what cost? Garment workers protest Ross stores
Dec 04, 2018
On Dec. 1, activists and labor organizers marched through downtown Los Angeles, marking Anti-Sweatshop Saturday to demand better wages and working con...
Northeastern professors march against administration’s anti-union policies
Nov 28, 2018
On Nov. 15, faculty, students, and union organizers marched down Columbus Avenue in Boston to deliver a letter to Northeastern University’s presiden...
Chula Vista ACCE office targeted by arsonist
Nov 13, 2018
In the early hours of Nov. 10, a local office of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment in Chula Vista, Calif., was targeted by an ars...
Bosses: Clean Up Your Act! Laundry Workers Center fights for worker power
Oct 24, 2018
Minimum wage. Overtime pay. Appropriate protective gear. These were the demands that workers at TYS Laundromat in East Harlem fought for – and won.
NYC teachers urged to vote ‘no’ on proposed contract, and to fight for a better one
Oct 22, 2018
The following is a statement from New York City teachers who are members of the Party of Socialism and Liberation and urge the 200,000 teachers in the...
Disneyland workers secure a historic victory for labor everywhere
Oct 14, 2018
Raising wages and rights for so many workers will create the pressure and conditions for the wages of countless more workers to rise.
Marriott hotel workers on strike for more than 10 days
Oct 14, 2018
In Boston, 1,500 hotel workers are on strike
San Diego: Hundreds march against Kavanaugh and for striking hotel workers
Oct 13, 2018
A majority of protesters were women, many carrying signs expressing outrage towards the decision to appoint Kavanaugh and showing support for Christin...
New Book
Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation
(Liberation Media, 2017)
Tracing the historical evolution of a movement that has thoroughly transformed society, and is in need of militant revival today.