La mitad de la fuerza de trabajo de Matamoros, Tamaulipas, se fue a la huelga. Esta ciudad fronteriza tiene unas 110 empresas maquiladoras que emplean a 70 mil personas. Esta ciudad ha sido el escenario de la principal lucha obrera en mucho tiempo en México. Luego de varias décadas de “paz laboral”, de un largo… Read more »
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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.
High Voltage Women: pioneer tradeswomen who made history against relentless odds
Book review: The compelling story of trainees who put their bodies on the line to break into the electrical trades at Seattle City Light.
El poder de los trabajadores públicos
El día de Año Nuevo de 2019, el gobierno federal estaba tratando al 40 por ciento de sus empleados como sirvientes por contrato, obligándolos a trabajar sin paga. Pero luego los revisores de aeropuertos avisaron por teléfono que estaban enfermos y los controladores de tráfico aéreo no se presentaron a trabajar, y los aeropuertos más… Read more »
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.
Matamoros, Mexico: maquila workers rise up
Thrilling news about border workers defying major factories and corrupt union leaders, in the most important labor struggle in Mexico in many years.
Join FSP on the picket lines in solidarity with striking Oakland teachers!
We stand with Oakland teachers in their fight against privatization!
Picket and rally with striking Oakland teachers
Show your support for educators who are striking for better resources, smaller class sizes, and pay raises.
Let’s Make 2/16 National Stayaway Day
“Join Jobs With Justice and unions of working people as we pledge to ‘Stay Away’ on February 16.”
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