Labor Movement
Rekindling the Militant Spirit of CUNY’s Past
Mayor Eric Adams has announced an austerity budget that includes significant cuts to the City University of New York among other city agencies. In order to defeat these cuts, students, faculty, and other workers across the city must unite our struggles and be prepared to shut the university down.
James Dennis Hoff
May 22, 2023
Over 11,000 TV and Film Writers Go on Strike Across the Country
The WGA strike has the potential to deal a blow to systemic hyper-exploitation in entertainment, and establish workers as a fighting force within the industry.
Ezra Brain
May 2, 2023
This May Day, the Stage Is Set for Class Struggle
This May Day, we reflect on the state of the U.S. labor movement and some of the demands we must fight for in the next period.
Left Voice
May 1, 2023
The Fight of Our Lives: 2023 UPS-Teamsters Contract Campaign
Workers at UPS are gearing up for a contract fight this year. To revive the labor movement and win meaningful gains, it’s essential to increase the involvement of rank-and-file UPS workers.
Left Voice
May 1, 2023
Actors’ Union Joins the Fight Against Drag Bans
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) has joined the legal fight against Tennessee’s “Drag Ban.” Next steps? AEA should continue to push forward actions with worker solidarity in the fight against anti-drag / anti-trans legislation.
Claire Latourette
April 23, 2023
Striking Graduate Workers at University of Michigan Hold Rally for Abolition
Striking graduate student workers are fighting to get cops off campus and investing in non-police public safety.
Left Voice
April 20, 2023
Equal Pay Today, the Whole World Tomorrow: Speech from the Rutgers Picket Line
Academic workers are strengthening their organizing muscles. The bonds formed during these contract campaigns can lay the groundwork for more largescale class struggle in the future.
Olivia Wood
April 14, 2023
University of Michigan Graduate Students Strike for a Living Wage and a Broad Social Justice Agenda
The University of Michigan is once again threatening legal action in an attempt to end the strike, but graduate workers are standing strong and fighting for a contract that addresses the needs of the whole community.
Ryan McCarty
April 7, 2023
CUNY Writing Teachers Fight Back against Cuts
At City College, administrators tried to cut the hours of pay for first year writing courses as part of university-wide budget cuts. Writing teachers responded with collective action.
Olivia Wood
April 5, 2023
CUNY Administration Cracks Down on Student and Worker-Run Food Pantry
Students and workers opened "The People's Pantry" seven weeks ago as part of a broader anti-austerity campaign at CUNY, leading to several direct confrontations with the administration.
Olivia Wood
March 19, 2023