The guy who delivers your mail takes a labor history tour
More of us, those who labor for a living, need to understand our roots. Let me grab a beer as I take you on a field trip.
Republic Windows heroes continue the good fight
Armando Robles, president of UE Local 1110 sat down with the People's World to reflect how life has changed since the sit-in.
Addison, Ill., Teamsters strike enters 8th week
Workers from Teamsters Local 705 have been on strike for eight weeks against Pain Enterprises in Addison, Ill.
San Francisco hotel workers on strike
About 650 workers at the St. Francis Hotel, one of the city's oldest and most luxurious, walked out on strike on November 18.
Strike at Illinois campus demands protection of tuition waivers
Update: GEO picketing was suspended at 1:00 CST on the 17th, following a bargaining session with the administration in which tuition waivers were secured.
S K Handtools workers end strike, save health care and jobs
CHICAGO - After a 10-week strike to save their jobs, health care and union, seventy Teamster Local 743 members at S K Handtools voted 3 to 1 to accept the company offer and began returning to work Nov. 6.
Hotel workers strike the Grand Hyatt
Hotel workers issued a wake-up call to 31 prime hotels Nov. 5 as they massed outside the Grand Hyatt, in the upscale Union Square area, to begin a three-day strike.
Transit workers on strike for pay and pensions
Transport Workers, Local 234 struck the Southeastern, Pa. Transportation Authority (SEPTA). on the morning of Nov. 3 over pay and pension related issues.
“No contract, no work,” says Philadelphia transport union
Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 234 has voted to authorized a strike at the end of this week, if continuing negotiations do not result in a contract by October 31
Congress Hotel strikers set record
CHICAGO – “This is an embarrassing day for the city of Chicago,” declared Guadalupe Perez a striking Congress Hotel worker at an Oct. 26 action honoring the strike.
