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Union Steamfitters prevent catastrophic midtown Manhattan building crash
NEW YORK—In all the worries and angst over loss of jobs nationwide, what is often overlooked is that there are certain skills, observations, and alertness only humans can perform—such as preventing a catastrophic building collapse in midtown Manhattan. That’s what happened at 235 East 42nd Street on July 7, when two members of Steamfitters Local […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- July 9, 2026
Data centers at center of Virginia battles over taxes, environment, and jobs
RICHMOND, Va.—Ahead of a government shutdown deadline, Virginia’s General Assembly voted to adopt 14 amendments and pass along a much-contested two-year spending plan for Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to sign into law. A month-long budget battle has shown fractures in the Commonwealth’s Democratic Trifecta, revealed divisions both among and within trade unions, and given fuel […]
- By : Jonathan Vassar
- July 9, 2026
Philadelphia hot ‘strike summer’ rages on as IBEW celebrates contract victory
PHILADELPHIA—So far, it’s been “strike summer” here in Philadelphia. As the city prepared to take the global stage for the 2026 World Cup and the nation’s 250th anniversary, the battle lines of the class struggle were squared up across the city. On one side stood corporations raking in ever-increasing, record-breaking profits. On the other side […]
- By : Emma Glazer And Angel Rodriguez Gomez
- July 9, 2026
A dying dream: How Trump targets immigrants who arrived as children
At 7 years old, JeanCarlos Fiallos Manzanares crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, hiding in the trunk of a taxi with his older sister. For more than a decade, he lived in the shadows in the United States. Salvation came, or appeared to, in his 20s, when President Barack Obama offered young immigrants like him protection […]
- By : Lauren Villagran
- July 9, 2026
RAPID RESPONSE: Uphold free speech rights
Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators and Representative to demand, on the 250th birthday of our country, that Congress uphold the First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly now under threat. Trump’s directive NSPM-7 (National Security Presidential Memorandum on Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence), ordering federal law enforcement to target and prosecute […]
- By : People’s World
- July 9, 2026
Military spending explodes as NATO summit opens in Turkey
President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday afternoon for the latest NATO summit just as the transatlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms deals in an attempt to appease the U.S. leader. Trump, who has often complained that European allies have not spent enough on weapons of war, first sat down with […]
- By : Combined Sources
- July 8, 2026
23 union locals sue Trump War Dept. to get their contracts back
GREENBELT, Md.—Some 23 union locals—20 from the Government Employees (AFGE) and three from the National Federation of Federal Employees/IAM—sued Trump War/Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in federal court in Greenbelt, Md., on July 2 to restore their union contracts. The locals represent at least 62,000 workers combined, including 60,000-plus in AFGE and 2,169 in NFFE. The […]
- By : Press Associates
- July 8, 2026
Thousands of Massachusetts nurses on one-day strike
BOSTON and BRAINTREE, Mass.—After last-ditch talks between the Massachusetts Nurses Association and Massachusetts General-Brigham and Women’s (MGB) Hospital bosses broke down, the 4,000 MNA nurses staged a one-day strike starting at 7 a.m. on July 8. After that walkout from the prominent Boston hospital, over low pay, short-staffing, and the hospital’s use of temps, they’ll […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- July 8, 2026
Trans flag forest ranger’s lawsuit against Trump termination dismissed
Shannon “SJ” Joslin, who identifies as nonbinary, was a biologist researching bats and other wildlife in Yosemite National Park. After a year fraught with relentless attacks on the trans community by the Trump administration, Joslin and a team of their friends decided to hang a trans pride flag on Yosemite’s famous El Capitan cliff. On […]
- By : Raven Raevsky
- July 8, 2026
A fire for justice: It’s time to light it up
I was back in Washington, D.C. with our Moral Monday family to continue the witness of a public pulpit for truth-telling amidst the lies and distortions of this season. We have been called to look at our nation through the lens of moral truth. We look at the deep, painful contradictions playing out in our […]
- By : Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
- July 8, 2026