Labor Movement
Trump Labor Board Escalates War on Workers’ Rights
This week the National Labor Relations Board published changes to the rules and procedures for union recognition elections that will make it more difficult for workers to unionize. To fight back, workers will have to reclaim the militancy that started the labor movement in the first place, and force bosses to recognize their unions.
Ioan Georg
December 19, 2019Wildcat Strike at UCSC Enters Second Week
The graduate students of the University of California, Santa Cruz are teaching an end-of-semester lesson on the art of the wild-cat strike by fighting the boss and the union bureaucracy. Not a grade will be submitted until the university submits to giving the graduate students what they deserve.
James Dennis Hoff
December 16, 2019Low-Wage Workers Shut Down Airports Across the Country, Demand Better Pay and Affordable Health Care
With a strike authorization already on the table, Tuesday’s actions could be the first step toward a bigger nationwide strike of airport workers.
James Dennis Hoff
November 28, 201910 Reasons to Vote No on the PSC-CUNY Contract
A faculty member at CUNY Lehman College explains why the most recent contract proposed by PSC-CUNY leadership does not satisfy even the most basic demands of CUNY’s rank and file.
Stuart Chen-Hayes
November 14, 2019[Video] Vote No to the PSC-CUNY Contract
The offer by CUNY management means more austerity for CUNY employees and a worse education for our students. Say No to this contract. CUNY adjuncts, HEOs, CLTs and full-timers deserve much better.
Luigi Morris
November 7, 2019“The CUNY PSC Contract is an 8,600-Word Capitulation.”
A CUNY adjunct writes about why he is against the PSC's proposed contract. If you would like to write about why you are voting no, we encourage you to submit to [email protected].
Alan L. Bounville
November 1, 2019Chicago Teachers are Fighting for Better Schools and Communities
As the Chicago Teachers Strike has entered its 7th day, union leadership and the Chicago Public Schools say that they are close to a deal. We must keep the pressure up to ensure that the striking teachers’ demands are met.
Sybil Davis
October 25, 2019CUNY Reaches “Historically” Bad Contract Agreement with Faculty Union
On Wednesday, October 23, after almost two years of closed-door bargaining, the Executive Council of the CUNY Professional Staff Congress (which represents both staff and faculty at the university) finally agreed to a tentative contract proposal with management. Hailed as “historic” and “transformational” by the union leadership and the University, both of which have already […]
James Dennis Hoff
October 25, 2019Sheraton, No Layoffs!
The Stamford Sheraton plans to cut departments and lay off workers. But the workers are fighting back.
Ioan Georg
October 22, 2019UAW Officials Call Police on Members in Tennessee
UAW officials call the cops on workers who were gathered outside Local 1853’s union hall in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
Thaddeus Greene
October 22, 2019