The disastrous impact of the worldwide capitalist crisis of production and trade accelerated sharply at the start of the pandemic when government lockdowns led bosses to throw millions out of work. With competition among workers for jobs still severe today,…
Workers today face an ongoing struggle for jobs, safe working conditions and enough pay to survive. Some are locked out or are on strike over boss demands to worsen workers’ conditions, including at the Warrior Met coal mine in Alabama,…
While the bosses’ press celebrates a profit bonanza on Wall Street, millions of workers still don’t have jobs, employers are fighting to hold down wages as prices keep rising, and the federal government’s COVID-based bar on evictions has expired. Changing…
In recent weeks, large numbers of workers in the U.S. have gotten vaccinated and government lockdown orders have eased, leading to an increase in job offers and hiring, especially in low-paying jobs in the restaurant and hospitality industries. This has…
Reversing far-reaching unemployment still faced by millions, along with fighting the effect of rising prices for key necessities, requires action by working people and our unions — joining together to stand up to the bosses, their government and their two…
Workers face a triple whammy today — continued high unemployment, price hikes on basic necessities like gas and food, and efforts by the bosses to protect their dog-eat-dog competitive edge and profits on our backs. What millions confront shows the…
Price hikes on basic necessities are wreaking havoc on working people at the same time millions remain out of work. Workers and our unions need to join together to fight for cost-of-living clauses in every contract, and in key government…
President Joseph Biden presented a budget to Congress May 28 with $6 trillion in government spending to be “paid” for by a massive expansion of government debt. This is the highest amount since the U.S. rulers ramped up military spending…
With hiring picking up, but still slowly, working people confront both large-scale joblessness, pressure on wages and working conditions, and the steepest price hikes in over a decade. The class-struggle road to changing these conditions starts from expanding solidarity with…
Hiring is edging up as government coronavirus lockdowns are lifted and growing numbers of vaccinated workers rejoin the workforce. Better conditions are being created for workers to come together on the job to beat back attempts by the bosses to…
