Labor

Nurses, mental health therapists and other Kaiser Permanente health workers strike to support stationary engineers

November 22, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Over 60,000 members of other unions representing Kaiser Permanente workers throughout northern California held solidarity strikes Nov. 17 and 18.

Remembering union brother Jimmy Hooks

November 19, 2021 By Ray Milici

Even though Veterans Day has passed, I just wanted to get his name out there. If his friends didn’t remember, he would be just another forgotten working class hero added to a long list.

University of California lecturers win major gains in contract

November 19, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Lecturers who teach a third of U of C undergrads win without even having to picket.

UAW’s John Deere members OK six-year contract

November 18, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

The historic strike “captured the mood of a nation in search of fairness in wages and benefits for workers.”

U.S. court ban forces OSHA to suspend anti-virus test/mask mandate

November 18, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Ruling underlines the ongoing destructive impact of courts stacked by Trump with right wingers.