Port worker unions in France and Italy recently protested and struck, keeping Saudi ships from being loaded with weapons bound for attacks on Yemen.
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Drivers’ strike spoils Uber stock launch
App-based gig workers organizing against wage theft and unreasonable firings are attracting public support.
Chinese workers fearless
The Chinese government targets union drive at Jasic factory.
Sudan: after heroic uprising, military keeps the power
A 2019 report on that year’s popular rebellion that illuminates the roles of the military and the RSF in today’s conflict.
Hotel workers’ shining example
Rank-and-file leads the way in Connecticut.
Labor Weather Report, June 2019
Wins, losses, and ongoing struggles for janitors, garment workers, and supermarket employees from Jordan to the U.S. South and North.
Labor Weather Report: Workers press on, February 2019
CWA workers defeat union busting in NYC; South Korean hunger strikers win changes in safety rules for all workers; and United Electrical workers in Pennsylvania strike and win back their union status from a new, anti-union company owner.
The power of public workers revealed
Shop steward Steve Hoffman, a leader in Washington Federation of State Employees Local 304, describes the history and current revival of militant organizing by public workers.
Seattle General Strike, 1919: “Nothing moved but the tide”
This salute to a proud general strike in the Pacific Northwest 100 years ago is chock full of lessons for unionists today.
Labor Weather Report: Workers warm up January 2019
Los Angeles teachers walk, Amazon faces union drive, and a general strike rocks India.
