Labor Movement
Unions Must Join the Global Climate Strike
Greta Thunberg and other teenage climate activists have issued a call for a worldwide general strike to end fossil fuel extraction. Will union leaders support this important action for the planet? Or will they side once mode with fossil fuel executives?
Robert Belano
June 4, 2019Leave or Remain: There is no Working Class Solution to Brexit
As British voters go to the polls for EU elections, Brexit remains the main question that drives their political choices. However, despite both sides of the debate claiming to speak for the people, the Brexit debate represents a struggle between two pro-capitalist positions.
Yekaterina Oziashvili
May 23, 2019Italian Longshoremen Stand with Human Rights Activists against the War in Yemen
The Dockworkers’ strike shows the real political power of unions and organized labor to fight imperialism and to protect the interests of working people around the world.
James Dennis Hoff
May 21, 2019A Call for a More Militant May Day
On May first, leftist groups around the world recognize May Day amidst the backdrop of an emboldened right-wing bent on exploiting and oppressing us in order to further enrich an insatiable minority. What are the militant origins of May Day (also referred to as or International Workers’ Day) and how should socialists carry on its legacy today?
Maryam Alaniz
May 1, 2019John Jay Votes for 7k or Strike Resolution
John Jay College for Criminal Justice passed a $7K or Strike resolution despite opposition.
Olivia Wood
April 16, 2019Stop and Shop Workers Go on Strike
Solidarity with Stop and Shop workers who are on strike.
Ioan Georg
April 15, 2019CAMBA Legal Services Workers Announce Indefinite Strike
CAMBA Legal Services (CLS) workers voted to reject CAMBA’s final offer and authorize an indefinite strike starting on Monday, April 15.
Left Voice
April 14, 2019What Is the Role of Socialists in the Unions?
Any organization that aims to bring about socialism needs to seriously build power in the working class. The question is how to put these efforts in the service of a strategy for socialism.
Juan Cruz Ferre
March 25, 2019PSC Bureaucrats Feeling the Heat as the Demand for ‘$7K or Strike’ Gains Ground
7KOS activists respond to harsh criticisms from the leadership
James Dennis Hoff
March 23, 2019New York Nurses Announce Strike
Ten thousand nurses at four hospitals in NYC will strike on April 2 unless management improves their offer. Their main demand is safe staffing ratios.
Juan Cruz Ferre
March 18, 2019