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, 2023Over 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#AllThatsLeftPod: UPS Workers Prepare for a Strike
In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the contract fight at UPS, and what's at stake for the Teamsters and the labor movement.
Left Voice
May 2, 2023Striking Workers at the University of Michigan Are Building Powerful Solidarity
University of Michigan graduate students have been on strike for one month. While these workers have faced harsh conditions, the broad connections and class-consciousness they are developing are worth celebrating.
Ryan McCarty
April 29, 2023#AllThatsLeftPod: The Uprising in France
In this episode of the podcast, we're joined by a revolutionary socialist from France to discuss the massive mobilizations that have rocked the country since January, and what it will take for the working class to win.
Left Voice
April 28, 2023University of Michigan Graduate Student Strike Continues in the Face of Increasing Retaliation
After losing a court injunction hearing, the University of Michigan administrators have given up any pretense of continuing negotiations with its own graduate student workers. Instead, the university has turned to attempts at intimidation to try to break the strike.
Ryan McCarty
April 24, 2023Striking 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, 2023South Korea: Building a Powerful General Strike Is Urgent to Fight Against the Right-Wing Government’s Attacks
The right-wing government in South Korea is waging attacks on the country's unions and labor movement. The organization March To Socialism calls for a general strike to resist these attacks on the working class.
Joonseok
April 18, 2023Equal 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, 2023Historic Strike at Tisséo: Toulouse Metro Blocked for the First Time Since 1992
On Tuesday, April 11, the transport workers of Toulouse, France, organized a massive strike after a call from the local coalition of unions. In a historic day of mobilization, the workers of Tisséo, the city’s transit company, united to block traffic on the Toulouse metro for the first time since 1992.
Alberta Nur
April 14, 2023