Roberta Wood

Roberta Wood is a retired member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Coalition of Labor Union Women. Wood was a steelworker in South Chicago, an officer of Steelworkers Local 65, and founding co-chair of the USWA District 31 Women's Caucus. She was previously Secretary-Treasurer of the Communist Party. Currently, she serves as a Senior Editor of People's World.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Roberta Wood

Labor

Chicagoland auto mechanics strike, say dealers’ proposal is ‘license to steal’
August 6, 2021 By Roberta Wood
831 Chicago area mechanics left their toolboxes locked this week and are now wielding picket signs instead of wrenches.
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News

Chicago rallies for community control, ‘first step in abolishing police terror’
June 25, 2021 By Roberta Wood
Community control is a strategic move, organizer Frank Chapman says. “It’s the first step to abolishing the whole system of police terror.”
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U.S.

Some children to return to Chicago classrooms next week
February 12, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And Roberta Wood
By a 2 to 1 vote, Chicago Teachers Union members approve a re-opening plan.
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Opinion

Communists like my uncle were sent to prison because they fought for democracy
January 15, 2021 By Roberta Wood
Uncle Roy was convicted of “conspiring to teach the advocacy of the overthrow of the U.S. government by force and violence.”
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Opinion

McConnell bill could force localities to defund police
December 10, 2020 By Roberta Wood
Funds for public safety, including police, will be on the chopping block for cities and states across the nation.
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Mundo Popular

Trump recibe el mejor tratamiento médico; trabajadores indocumentados pagan impuestos y reciben nada
October 7, 2020 By Roberta Wood
Francisco se necesita terriblemente la atención médica, atención de que está excluido a pesar de sus contribuciones de impuestos en los 20 años pasados.
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Opinion

Tax-cheat Trump receives best medical treatment; taxpaying undocumented workers get nothing
October 6, 2020 By Roberta Wood
Undocumented members of our country’s working class like Franciso Gomez have the “privilege” of paying federal taxes but are excluded from even the minimal benefits of Medicaid they pay to support.
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Labor

Northwestern food workers ‘die-in’ for COVID protections
October 2, 2020 By Roberta Wood
Is it too much to ask for an institution sitting on an $11 billion dollar endowment to provide sick pay for 14 days for an employee under a coronavirus quarantine?
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