In New York State, the no-strike clause of the Taylor Law exists to make striking and work stoppages illegal for public sector workers. Teachers, nurses, postal workers, trash collectors and transit workers have been challenging these restrictions for the past 50 years.
Luigi Morris and Madeleine Freeman
January 8, 2019
The Taylor Law: 5 Things You Need to Know and What It Means for Labor – YouTube
Luigi is a freelance photographer, socialist journalist and videographer. He is an activist for immigrants' rights.
Madeleine is a writer and video collaborator for Left Voice. She lives in New York.
Students and workers opened "The People's Pantry" seven weeks ago as part of a broader anti-austerity campaign at CUNY, leading to several direct confrontations with the administration.
Olivia Wood
March 19, 2023
The last report on the strike from a union teacher at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Jason Koslowski
March 17, 2023
A three day strike was announced by two education unions at a rally attended by tens of thousands of members. The workers are calling for increased wages, reduced class size, and an end to harassment by their employers.
Julia Wallace
March 17, 2023
The Graduate Center chapter of PSC-CUNY, the faculty, staff, and graduate worker union of the City University of New York, passed a resolution pledging support to all workers fighting the anti-trans bills nationwide.
Olivia Wood
March 12, 2023
The events of March 27 marked one of the darkest chapters in the Mexican State’s anti-immigrant policy, a policy that is increasingly subordinated to the interests of U.S. imperialism.
La Izquierda Diario Mexico
March 30, 2023
After calling to put the pension reform “on hold,” the Inter-Union has requested “mediation,” even though the French government has rejected outright the proposal, showing that compromise is impossible. This proposition symbolizes the Inter-Union’s strategy of defeat. We urgently need to organize the rank and file to broaden our demands and generalize the strike.
Damien Bernard
March 30, 2023
