strikes

Stop & Shop strikers get boost from AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka

April 18, 2019 By Art Perlo

At Stop & Shop locations across New England, parking lots are empty and stores are like ghost towns. The workers are winning.

Grad student workers in Chicago strike UIC, administration refuses to budge

March 22, 2019 By Michelle Zacarias

Many UIC graduate student workers are struggling to get by on $18,000 a year.

GM plant closures may force United Auto Workers to strike

March 19, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The closing of Lordstown came despite GM having been the beneficiary of huge Trump tax cuts that were supposed to trickle down to the workers.

Weingarten: Teachers strikes “successful examples” of community-based action benefiting workers

March 18, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The teachers' strike in West Virginia last year was a shot heard across the nation with teachers all over the country following suit with strikes and job actions.

Community, labor support strong and growing for striking Oakland teachers

March 1, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

A big concern is that school closings will force more and more students into privately run charter schools.