Labor Movement

The Price of Wonderland: Homeless Disney Worker Dies in Car
A former Disney employee urges workers to fight for their rights and remember her co-worker Yeweinisht Mesfin who died homeless in her car.
Vanessa Munoz
March 4, 2018The Labor Movement is Dead. Long Live the Labor Movement
Kim Moody’s latest book, On New Terrain, analyzes the current economic and political landscape as well as its present history and draws conclusions about the future of socialist organizing.
James Dennis Hoff
March 1, 2018Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Protest Layoffs in Argentina
On Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of workers participated in a massive labor march called for by the major Argentine unions.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
February 23, 2018University Staff Strike Across the UK
Universities across the UK are on strike. What are lecturers, researchers, administrators, computer staffs, librarians and postgraduates fighting for?
Alejandra Ríos
February 23, 2018Democracy and Action at the Hilton Hotel
Today negotiations have begun for the first contract at the Stamford Hilton. The union goes to the negotiation table with high spirits having built an organization that has not only maintained enthusiasm throughout the hotel, but has also politicized the workplace.
Ioan Georg
February 20, 2018United Workers at United Airlines
Over 2,700 workers seek union recognition at five different airports. The UNITE HERE campaign includes catering workers at airports in Newark, Cleveland, Houston, Denver and Honolulu.
Ioan Georg
February 16, 2018Venezuelan Dairy Workers Jailed for Protesting
The workers have gone 20 months without a contract and are suffering illegal deductions from their paychecks and harassment by management.
La Izquierda Diario Venezuela
February 10, 2018Metalworkers’ Strike in Germany for Shortened Workweek
After days of historic strikes, the metalworkers' union in Germany ended its work stoppage, winning partial gains but at the expense of increased flexibility and a negotiated labor peace until 2020.
Bastian Schmidt
February 8, 2018Argentina’s New Austerity
Recent pension cuts backed by Argentine President Mauricio Macri have elicited vigorous popular protest.
Juan C
January 10, 2018Workers Fight for Union Jobs at Hudson Yards
Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate project in US history. Developer company Related is phasing out union jobs and trying to turn into open shop. Workers are fighting back.
Left Voice
January 6, 2018