Labor Movement
24,000 Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
24,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals have voted to authorize a strike and are speaking out against dire working conditions. The vote comes amid an uptick in labor stoppages in the United States.
Molly Rosenzweig
October 12, 2021160,000 Metalworkers in South Africa are On Strike for Higher Wages
Union metalworkers in South Africa, organized in NUMSA, are on an unlimited strike for an 8-percent wage increase.
Ju Angio
October 10, 2021“The Money Is There”: Interview with an IATSE Worker
Left Voice sat down with an IATSE worker who voted to authorize a strike to talk about about working conditions and why they voted to authorize a strike.
Left Voice
October 9, 2021Don’t Call it a Comeback: U.S. Labor Finds Its Groove after a Dismal Summer
After a summer of relative labor peace, the United States has seen four major work stoppages in just the last three weeks. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of workers are primed to walk out in healthcare and film/TV production if their demands are not met. It’s militancy at a level unseen for years. Could it be the beginning of something bigger for U.S. labor?
James Dennis Hoff
October 9, 2021In a Nearly Unanimous Vote, IATSE Members in TV and Film Production Authorize a Strike
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union members received strike authorization ballots on Friday. The results are in and the membership has overwhelmingly voted in favor.
Left Voice
October 4, 2021“IATSE’s Struggle Is Everyone’s Struggle”: Interview with a Worker
From October 1 to 3, members of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) will vote on whether to authorize a strike. Left Voice spoke with one IATSE worker about the situation that IATSE workers face and why they are taking this strike vote.
Left Voice
October 2, 2021Abortion Rights Are a Labor Issue — Unions Must Fight for Them
Abortion is a labor issue, and workers should fight within their unions for a mass movement to protect abortion rights across the United States.
Olivia Wood
October 2, 2021New York Times Tech Guild Walks Out, Into an Historic Fight
The workers of the New York Times Tech Guild are fighting their bosses’ attempts to divide their bargaining unit. The future of organizing in the tech industry is dependent on what happens here in the next few months.
Rose Lemlich
August 30, 2021Nabisco Workers Face Pay Cuts While the Company Doubles Its Profits
After working mandatory overtime during the pandemic, including 16-hour shifts and seven-day weeks, Nabisco workers in five states are striking in protest of their bosses’ attempts to cut their pay and healthcare, and divide their union.
Rose Lemlich
August 26, 2021After Four Months on the Picket Line, Striking Oil Workers Are Still Going Strong
While United Metro Energy Corp. workers were picketing in front of the company gates, the union representatives undercut the strike by allowing trucks to continue to come and go.
Ioan Georg
August 11, 2021