OAKLAND, Calif. — After a spirited four-day strike that included rallies and vigils, teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District, members of United Teachers of Richmond, won improved wages and health insurance and more staffing. Teachers walked out…
NEW YORK — Nurses at 12 hospitals here are set to strike Jan. 12. Up to 20,000 members of the New York State Nurses Association are preparing to walk out after their contract expired Dec. 31. They’re fighting for better…
ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Members of Starbucks Workers United mounted a lively strike picket line in front of the Starbucks here Dec. 24. They’re part of 4,500 Starbucks workers on strike across the country since Nov. 13 in a fight for…
PHILADELPHIA — Over 250 LSG Sky Chefs workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 274, joined other UNITE HERE unionists in a spirited and loud protest rally at the airport here Dec. 20. It was part of a series of similar…
MINNEAPOLIS — Dozens of mail carriers and supporters rallied and marched here Dec. 14 in subzero temperatures to demand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stop using U.S. post office property to organize raids and arrests during “Operation Metro Surge,”…
RICHMOND, Calif. — Some 3,000 teachers and other school workers went on strike against the West Contra Costa Unified School District Dec. 4, demanding better wages and adequate staffing. This is their first strike since the district was founded in…
SEATTLE — The Starbucks Workers United union continues to mount strike picket lines Monday to Friday at three stores in this area and in cities across the country. The strike began at 120 stores Nov. 13, hitting the company in…
MONTREAL — More than 50,000 working people took part in a large union federation-sponsored demonstration here Nov. 29, protesting a series of new laws either adopted or proposed by the Coalition for the Future of Quebec (CAQ) government of Premier…
One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November is Labor’s Giant Step — The First Twenty Years of the CIO: 1936-55 by Art Preis. He fought in labor battles in the 1930s, then became a staff writer for the…
MONTREAL — Quebec’s four main union federations and five other unions are organizing to bring thousands of unionists to a mass united rally in Montreal Nov. 29. They are protesting a whole series of laws either already adopted or proposed…
