Strike
100 years after Seattle 1919: Is the general strike making a comeback?
February 7, 2019The General Strike, a worker weapon that struck fear into corporate chieftains and their political cronies a century ago is getting a fresh look.
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With Lopez Obrador in, thousands of workers walk out
February 7, 2019The election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as president of Mexico has raised the hopes and expectations of millions of Mexican workers. There could be no better evidence of this than the strike of tens of...
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En Los Ángeles, los trabajadores se unen a los maestros en el piquete.
January 18, 2019Los maestros y maestras, miembros de United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) están en huelga, defendiendo la educación de alta calidad en su ciudad y pidiendo, entre otras cosas, salones de clase de tamaño adecuado, dotación de...
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Striking health workers demand parity for mental and physical healthcare
December 20, 2018“Don’t get me wrong—I would love to have more money, but what motivates me to show up on the picket line is that so many of our patients don’t get what they need, so many of...
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“We Run UC”—Support workers strike the Univ. of California system
May 9, 2018A study conducted by AFSCME Local 3299 shows starting wages of black and Latino workers are about 20 percent lower than those of their white counterparts.
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