Labor Movement
Workers Occupy Factory to Keep their Jobs with PepsiCo
600 workers who were fired by PepsiCo are taking matters into their own hands and occupying the factory in Buenos Aires.
Mira Craig-Morse
June 29, 2017Boycott Pepsi Products in Solidarity with Argentine Workers!
Workers at a PepsiCo factory in Argentina occupied the factory to protect their jobs. Send photos in support and boycott PepsiCo and Lay's products!
Left Voice
June 28, 2017May Day in a Bureaucratic Union
Despite lip service to opposing Trump, CUNY’s Professional Staff Congress refused to organize a militant May Day.
Left Voice
May 16, 2017Brazilian General Strike Begins With Roadblocks and Police Repression
There are pickets and roadblocks in cities around the country. In places like Sao Paulo and Rio, there has been repression. The Brazilian working class is fighting back against austerity and Temer’s coup government.
Left Voice
April 28, 2017Support B&H Workers!
B&H, a famous New York photo, video and audio store, is trying to close its Brooklyn warehouses. 300 workers could lose their jobs – all because they voted to join a union. But labor activists aren't putting up with this attempt at union busting.
Nathaniel Flakin
April 25, 2017General Strike Paralyzes French Guiana
Guiana, the unofficial French colony in South America, has been paralyzed by strikes and mass protests since Monday, March 27th. The Guianan people are demanding an end to rising crime and copious unemployment.
Ivan Matewan
April 1, 2017AT&T Workers Fire Warning Shot Against the Company
Earlier this week, 17,000 AT&T workers in Nevada and California went on a one day strike against the company for unfair labor conditions.
Abby Nathanson
March 25, 2017Woefully Understaffed, Maryland Nurses Fight to Unionize
Suzanne Mintz is a nurse at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland. Since February 2016, she has been organizing with other nurses to form a union.
Suzanne Mintz
March 14, 2017Spanish and International Unions Strike to Defend Spanish Dockworkers
The conservative government of Spain has set in motion plans to scrap the current port labor system, which would force over six thousand dockworkers to be laid off over four years. In response, Spanish dockworkers’ unions have launched a round of strikes that will begin on March 10. That day will also see international union federations hold an international day of strike action in solidarity with their Spanish colleagues.
Sean Robertson
March 9, 2017Over Six Thousand Spanish Dockworkers’ Jobs Face the Axe
Over six thousand Spanish dockworkers could be made redundant if the Spanish government abides by the demands of the European Commission to scrap the country’s current port labor system.
Sean Robertson
March 9, 2017