Photo credit: Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters via Jacobin. Since mid-September, the union representing more than 11,000 carpenters in Washington State in northwestern United States has been on strike…
Category: Labor
Labor unions must mobilize to fight the far right
By Oakland Socialist Even in their weakened situation, the unions have the power to stop the white supremacists in their tracks. Instead of putting out an occasional statement and occasionally…
In support of Verizon workers on strike
We express solidarity with Verizon workers who went on strike on April 13th all across the United States. Verizon workers–40,000 strong– are fighting to demand higher wages and end capitalist…
Chicago teachers make their mark
We are re-posting here an editorial from the Freedom Socialist Party on the recent teachers’ strike in Chicago The corporate “education reform†juggernaut, kept rolling by President Obama and Secretary of…
US: One step forward, two steps back
Last month’s legalization of same-sex marriage in New York was a small step forward. Already, politicians are taking credit for this milestone; such is the case of New York Democratic…
Cuban CP bureaucracy consolidates itself as an agent of capitalist restoration
By Miguel Angel Hernandez * Cuba and the Sixth Congress of the PCC −The Cuban CP follows the footsteps of the Chinese bureaucracy The Sixth Congress of Cuban Communist Party…
New York:Workers and students march to protest budget cuts
By Rodolfo Tirabarro On March 24, a protest to oppose layoffs and cuts in ​​health and education halted traffic in the financial district of New York. New York is being…
Venezuelan trade unionists in solidarity with Wisconsin
We publish here a letter that Venezuelan trade unionists sent to the South Central Federation of Labor in Wisconsin to express their solidarity in the fight against goverment cuts and anti-union legislation.…
Wisconsin: Workers call for general strike
On February 21, the Madison South Central Labor Federation (SCFL) –with a membership of 45,000 which includes fire fighters, teachers and nurses among others– voted to endorse a general strike.…