DURHAM, N.C. — In early February, Durham public school workers and support staff shut down as many as 12 schools in a fight with the Board of Education over pay. They set up picket lines, held rallies and brought their…
Thousands of Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers went on a one-day strike on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, in more than a dozen U.S. cities, and at some airports, including Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Newark, New Jersey. Workers turned off…
The Democratic Socialists of America, Communist Party and other Stalinist currents in the U.S. are telling workers Donald Trump is so dangerous they have to back Joseph Biden, the candidate of the Democratic Party, one of the capitalist rulers’ two…
Spirited picket lines by flight attendants and their supporters at some 30 airports worldwide Feb. 13 gave voice to their demands for new contracts, higher wages and respect for the nearly 100,000 workers who have toiled for years under expired…
LYNWOOD, Calif. — Holding placards and wearing shirts demanding the reinstatement of nine fired workers, a spirited rally of 200 people was held across the street from St. Francis Medical Center here Feb. 10. Scott Byington, who has worked as…
Striking teachers and aides in Newton, Massachusetts, returned to their classrooms Feb. 5 after winning a new contract with solid gains in wages and benefits. Their union, the Newton Teachers Association, didn’t get everything it wanted, but by going on…
The U.S. Labor Department reported last month that union membership dropped last year to 10%. At the same time, more workers are using unions to resist the employers’ assaults. As the Socialist Workers Party 2022 resolution explains, “The low point…
Fighting for workers to take control of production and transportation, including the railroads, is vital to protecting our lives and limbs and extending that protection to all who live near the plants, rail tracks and mines where we work. In…
As the 2024 election comes closer and Donald Trump racks up primary victories, the Democrats call him — and the workers who support him — fascists. They pin their hopes on a deepening assault on constitutional freedoms and use a…
LOS ANGELES — UNITE HERE Local 11 launched a new series of strikes at Hotel Figueroa Jan. 21 and DoubleTree by Hilton Jan. 22, both downtown here, and at Sheraton Park in Anaheim where hundreds of workers protested Jan. 25.…
