Strike
PSC 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, 2019NYC Nurses Rally Ahead of Announced April 2 Strike Date
NYSNA announced an April 2 strike date for four private hospitals in NYC. One of those hospitals, Mount Sinai, nurses held a rally and speak out demanding safe staffing and a fair contract.
Sybil Davis
March 19, 2019Nurses Have the Power to Strike and Win
After voting overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, upwards of 10,000 NYSNA members are waiting to hear from union leadership whether the walk-out is actually going to happen at four hospitals run by the three largest hospital systems in New York City.
Thaddeus Greene
March 16, 2019Hundreds of Thousands of Students Join the Climate Strike in Germany, Around the World
The #FridaysForFuture protests have expanded to 1,500 cities in 150 countries. Today hundreds of thousands of students left their classrooms and took the streets around the world. In Berlin, for example, almost 30,000 joined the #ClimateStrike.
Nathaniel Flakin
March 15, 2019NYC Nurses’ Strike Looms Large
Denouncing backbreaking conditions that put patients at risk, 97% of nurses in four New York City hospitals vote to authorize a strike.
Madeleine Freeman
March 5, 2019Austerity Measures in Tunisia Result in Nationwide Strike of Public Sector Workers
On Thursday, January 17th the powerful Tunisian General Labor Union, the UGTT, led a 24-hour strike of public sector workers to coincide with the anniversary of the 2011 uprising known as "The Jasmine Revolution".
Jamila Hammami
January 31, 2019LA Teachers Strike Ends with New Contract and Mixed Feelings
The LA teacher strike won important gains, with massive protests in the rain and pickets at the majority of schools. However, some teachers have mixed feeling about the process of approving the contract, as well as about the contract itself.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
January 23, 2019[VIDEO] Interviews: L.A. Teachers Strike
Left Voice interviewed LA teachers in the lead up to the strike. They spoke about the attack on higher education, de facto pay cuts, social justice, and the importance of labor solidarity.
Left Voice
January 14, 2019“It is Bread We Fight For, But We Fight for Roses Too”: The Lawrence Textile Strike
Today the Bread and Roses strike began in the city of Lawrence in 1912 when women textile workers fought their bosses and won.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
January 11, 2019Worker to Worker Why We Must All Support the Los Angeles Teacher’s Strike!
The teachers' strike in Los Angeles requires the broadest solidarity of the working class to succeed. Below, a letter from a graduate of LAUSD in support.
Julia Wallace
January 9, 2019