KW Wu interviews a nurse who participated in last week’s health care workers strike in Hong Kong
Hong Kong hospital workers strike
KW Wu and Violet Bell report on a hospital staff strike amidst a growing union movement in Hong Kong
Pension fights are a fundamental frontier of class struggle
Marianne Garneau looks at what is at stake in fights over pensions, using two current examples: refinery workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex and teachers in Alberta
They killed themselves with greed: How a strike stopped privatization in DC’s Metro
Ray Valentine describes how a scheme to privatize transit in the DC area backfired when workers at the private company went on strike
Review of America’s Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century
Eric Dirnbach reviews a biography of one of the US’s most influential organizers of the 20th century
Workers at a cooperative refinery walk the picket line
Workers at the Co-operative Refinery Complex in Regina, Saskatchewan have been locked out for two weeks, after serving the employer with job action notice. Marianne Garneau interviews Kevin Bittman, refinery worker and president of the union local
Progressives in the streets, union-busters in the sheets
Marianne Garneau looks at several current campaigns at social justice nonprofits, showing how these organizations are progressive until it comes to their own workers.
“We’re the sacrificial lamb”: On the UAW plant closures
Workers on the picket line at the Lordstown, OH General Motors plant reflect on the plant’s closure as part of the new deal negotiated between the company and the UAW.
Fighting with a purpose: interview with a Special Education Classroom Assistant on strike in Chicago
A education paraprofessional and SEIU union delegate describes why she’s walking the picket line