Roberta Wood

Roberta Wood is a retired member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Coalition of Labor Union Women. Wood was a steelworker in South Chicago, an officer of Steelworkers Local 65, and founding co-chair of the USWA District 31 Women's Caucus. She was previously Secretary-Treasurer of the Communist Party. Currently, she serves as a Senior Editor of People's World.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Roberta Wood

Labor

Roxanne Brown’s election shows United Steelworkers Union is ready to fight
March 27, 2026 By Roberta Wood
The ascendancy of a Black immigrant woman to head the largest industrial union in North America marks a turning point for organized labor.
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Labor

Medicaid cuts in the Big Ugly Bill threaten insured workers too
June 20, 2025 By Roberta Wood
The Trump pushed legislative package looks ugly for all working-class Americans.
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Labor

Illinois Rep. Chuy Garcia: Trump’s actions are about ‘domination,’ not safety
June 10, 2025 By Roberta Wood
“They want labor without families, they want to profit off our backs, but to silence our voices,” said Garcia.
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Labor

Shawn Fain at Labor Notes: Unions are the arsenal of democracy
April 23, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg And Roberta Wood
UAW President rouses the crowd at Labor Notes conference in Chicago.
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Labor

For Letter Carriers, every day is a dangerous mission
September 15, 2023 By Roberta Wood
On an almost daily basis mail carriers can be assaulted or threatened as they deliver your mail.
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Labor

104-year-old labor veteran Bea Lumpkin rallies Starbucks strikers in Chicago
July 17, 2023 By Roberta Wood
"No matter how big the company is, we workers are stronger—when we're united!" declared Lumpkin at a noisy spirited rally Thursday in the West Loop.
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Labor

Starbucks workers take nationwide coffee break and walk off the job
March 23, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg, John Bachtell, Roberta Wood And Scott Marshall
They garner support in their fight against breaking labor law from the public from coast to coast.
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News

‘Watery beer and horrible politics!’
October 9, 2022 By Roberta Wood
Communist Party Co-chair Joe Sims argues that it is these corporate actors, not the so-called white working class, that are the source of fascist danger. “Big Business liked the Trump administration,” he says.
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