strikes

STRIKE: General Motors forces 49,000 auto workers onto the picket line

September 16, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

United Auto Workers: "We are standing together in unity and solidarity for our members, their families, and the communities where we work and live."

CWA: 20,000 forced to strike due to AT&T refusal to bargain

August 27, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

AT&T management’s labor law-breaking forced 20,000 Communications Workers members toiling for AT&T Southeast to strike at midnight on August 23.

Australian workers win ExxonMobil strike after 742 days on picket line

July 29, 2019 By The Guardian, The Workers’ Weekly

It's a David vs. Goliath victory against the world’s sixth biggest company.

Massive demonstrations demand resignation of Puerto Rico governor

July 23, 2019 By Carol Ramos Widom

The Workers Central Union declared, “Today we show the indignation of a people. We the honest people are in greater numbers and we are not afraid."

Walmart workers in Chile win pay raise after six-day strike

July 19, 2019 By Ceren Sagir

More than 17,000 workers at three companies—Lider, Express de Lider, and Super Bodega a Cuenta—owned by the U.S. corporation returned to work after salary increases, bonuses, training, and other benefits were agreed to by the retail...