Like today, the 1940s and ’50s were years of dynamic change during which the oppressed and exploited fought against the odds for justice.
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Labor fightback news
Fired tortilla chip makers in Chicago demand jobs back; rising costs fuel a teacher strike in North Macedonia; young mechanics organize in Portland, Oregon.
An election season appeal to workers: Vote socialist, boot out Morrison and build our unions for a fightback
Workers flexing our combined muscle is how we’ll win decent wages, job security and so much more.
Starbucks unionizing heats up
Ramped-up organizing in the “world’s biggest coffeehouse chain” has exposed its vicious union-busting history.
Women’s soccer team takes steps toward pay equity
U.S. Women’s Soccer team wins an important battle against the U.S. Soccer Federation in the war for equal pay.
Fed-up US workers in motion
Strikes and organizing drives challenge workplace balance of power.
Los trabajadores de EE.UU. en movimiento
En todo Estados Unidos, intrépidos huelguistas se han enfrentado a sus jefes, afectando a una gama más amplia de industrias que en décadas pasadas.
Biden’s first year scorecard
The promises versus what’s been done.
Labor’s Giant Step
The explosive history of the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations), whose innovative techniques and organizing concepts shook the power structure to its core.
Fight to free Peltier heats up
Help in the renewed fight to finally free Peltier, Native American leader wrongly convicted for killing two FBI agents during a shoot-out at Pine Ridge Reservation in 1977. Also: carpenter’s strike coverage, and a recent book on the Bolshevik Revolution.