Labor – Page 145 – People's World

REI workers march on co-op headquarters, bringing contract goals

March 8, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg

Big issues include reliance on part-time workers and erratic schedules.

Lucy Parsons: Tribute to a heroine of labor

March 8, 2024 By Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

One of the CPUSA’s foremost leaders remembers her close friend Lucy, who died on International Women’s Day 1942.

International Unemployment Day: The 1930 revolt against capitalist crisis

March 6, 2024 By Special to People’s World

On March 6, 1930, Communists organized workers around the world to demand jobs in the middle of the Great Depression. The U.S. was no exception.

Rail unions to feds: Sidetrack BNSF locomotives for immediate inspection

March 6, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg

Essentially the unions say it is necessary to shut down one of the nation’s biggest freight railroads.

Woolworth’s Sit-Down Strike: When women shut down the world’s biggest retailer

March 5, 2024 By Louise Mitchell

From the archives: Learning from the UAW’s Flint Sit-Down Strike, young women workers set an example for how to organize and win in the low-wage retail sector in 1937.