As a parent, finding childcare that’s affordable, high-quality, and able to fit an unconventional work schedule can be difficult to impossible. When I had my first child, it was actually… Read more »
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Only an independent labor party can speak for the working class
The steep price that U.S. workers pay for having no independent political voice is hitting home with Donald Trump’s upset victory. Many voters, squeezed between shrinking paychecks and inflation, saw… Read more »
Affirmative action = class solidarity
This 2016 article argues that affirmative action can not only address the oppression of targeted groups, but also build working-class unity in the process.
México: Divisiones en el movimiento de derechos indígenas después de la liberación de Nestora Salgado
Conseguir la liberación de la líder de la policía comunitaria, Nestora Salgado, presa durante dos años y medio en México bajo falsas acusaciones de secuestro, fue una emocionante victoria para… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Letters to the Editor — February 2017
ELECTION ANALYSIS Succinct and accurate As usual the Freedom Socialist hits the nail on the head with Andrea Bauer’s lead article in the December issue [Don’t mourn, organize! Donald J…. Read more »
Labor Weather Report for February 2017
January 2017 — Statewide UC strike. Teamsters Local 2010, which represents 14,000 University of California workers, staged a one-day strike at all 10 UC campuses and medical centers on Jan…. Read more »
Rise of the robots and disappearing jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate is a low 4.9 percent, so they say. But current figures don’t cover anyone not actively seeking work because of age, disability, discouragement, or lack of… Read more »
Taking on the big lie of “Right to Work”
The Feb. 15 vote by workers at Boeing’s South Carolina Dreamliner plant against being represented by the Machinists union was portrayed in the press as another case of workers saying,… Read more »
Labor Weather Report for April 2017
February 2017 — Strike vote — 81 percent! For the first time ever AFSCME Council 31, representing 38,000 Illinois state workers, authorized a strike. Since their contract ran out in… Read more »
El movimiento laboral dividido con relación a Trump
Cada trabajador sindicalizado sabe que a su jefe le encantaría ver a los sindicatos inutilizados, o eliminados por completo. Los patrones están luchando por lograr ese objetivo, cortesía de Trump… Read more »
