Southern California: 47,000 grocery workers prepare to strike
At a rally in front of a Vons and a Ralphs market, UFCW members carried a sign summing up their position: "Grocery jobs should feed a family."
Striking Walmart workers in China contact U.S. Walmart activists
"We are going to stand our ground," Zhang Liya, a founding member of the workers' network, told the Chinese labor paper.
Strike! Nearly 1,000 Trump Taj Mahal workers walk-off job
Nearly 1,000 cooks, housekeepers, bellmen and servers from Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J., walked off the job today for a livable wage.
Week-long Minnesota nurses strike part of forced walkout in three states
Hospital chains demand that its nurses virtually give up their health insurance; patient safety and quality of patient care are also top issues.
Wage theft, labor law-breaking force L.A. port truckers into another strike
Can you imagine working five weeks in a row and earning nothing?
Labor board puts new limits on when employers may permanently replace strikers
Employers must now prove to the NLRB that they aren't replacing striking workers for illegal reasons.
Covered Bridge potato chip strike ends in “tremendous victory”
Outlasting the boss who said, "Screw you and your f*cking union," potato chip workers in New Brunswick just scored a major win.
Unions keep up pressure on Verizon
As support spreads nationwide for the 39,000 striking Verizon workers, CWA reveals the company has a massive offshoring operation in the Philippines.
Verizon strike attracts support in Southern California
The largest such labor action in the U.S. in many years, the strike by Verizon workers taking on corporate greed is now in its fourth week.
Striking Verizon workers introduce virtual picket line
The 39,000 striking Verizon workers are introducing a new facet to the worker-boss struggle.
