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Mass Movement Needed To End The Slaughter In Gaza

Working people around the world have  been appalled, enraged, and disgusted at Israel’s actions in Gaza. Public pressure against all governments with any kind...

Union Drive Digs In At Amazon’s “Death Star”

Nestled in the hills of Northern Kentucky, high above the Ohio River, towers one of Amazon’s most crucial investments: the KCVG Air Hub. The...

How Can Unions Turn The Tide For Working People?

Unions are enjoying record-high popularity, and the labor movement is more well-liked than any corporation, politician, party, or pop star. This is especially among...

US Corporations Profit From Destruction Of Gaza

It continues unabated. Infrastructure pulverized. Masses of humans obliterated, maimed or forever wounded. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, just the official death count...

Baltimore Bridge Collapse Kills 6, Shipping Industry to Blame

On March 26, the Dali, a container ship leased by shipping giant Maersk headed for Sri Lanka, lost all power while still in the...

Wisconsin Grad Students Organize Against Notorious Anti-Union Law “Act 10”

August Easton-Calabria is a graduate student in the TAA at UW-Madison, writing in personal capacity. Graduate workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and members...

NALC Letter Carriers Fight For Open Bargaining

Tyler Vasseur is a letter carrier in NALC Branch 9, writing in personal capacity. Hit by years of inflation, and inspired by examples of working...

Starbucks Agrees To Talks – What Brought Them To The Table After All This Time?

In a dramatic breakthrough on February 27, the multi-billion dollar Starbucks corporation agreed to national negotiations with its employees' union Starbucks Workers United after...

A Year After Derailment, Norfolk Southern Threatens To Roll Back Concessions

It’s been a little over a year since Norfolk Southern’s disastrous freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The fire may be extinguished, but...

‘Progressive’ Mayor Evicts Migrants & Boosts Corporate Profits

Hours after completion of the drunken revelry of Chicago’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, city officials began implementing the eviction of migrants from city-...

Uber & Lyft Threaten To Leave Minneapolis Over Driver Pay – Time To Fight Back!

Adam Burch is a Minneapolis bus driver and a member of ATU Local 1005, writing in personal capacity. Uber and Lyft drivers can’t afford to...

Minneapolis, 1934: When Socialists Led A General Strike Of Teamsters

2024 may go down in history as a turning point for the labor movement in America. There are seismic shifts taking place deep within...

“I Am Buried In Bills”: How Under The US Health System, The Patient Always Loses

In August of 2023, I was hit by a car while riding my motorcycle home from the gym, severing my spinal cord at L1....

Healthcare In Freefall: Biden & Trump Can’t Heal Us

The US healthcare system is infamous worldwide for being an absolute travesty. The everyday stories of working class people facing traumatic choices about whether...

Maxed Out: Why Working People Are Drowning In Credit Card Debt

Americans now owe a collective $1.13 trillion in credit card debt. This debt burden has exploded by a staggering 47% in only three years,...

The Predatory Trap Of Payday Loans: How The Banking System Exploits The Working Poor

For millions of Americans, living paycheck to paycheck is a harsh reality. They struggle to make ends meet, pay their bills, and save for...

Border Deal Shows The Crisis Facing Both Democrats & Republicans

Congress has been in a gridlock for most of February over the border deal that almost was, highlighting just how incapable the bosses’ two...

The Two-Party System Is Killing Us – Can We Build An Alternative?

Statistically speaking, you’re not excited about the 2024 Presidential election. According to a new poll, 59% of registered voters have little or no enthusiasm about...