Unions

Autoworkers from 11 countries came together from far and wide as part of an international conference held in Pune, India on November 20-24
International News

Report from the International Automotive Workers’ Conference

December 25, 2025 fwstaff
By Frank Hammer, Retired President, UAW Local 909 The International Automotive Workers Conference (IAWC) is a global gathering for automotive workers and unions, focusing on worker unity against multinational corporations, industrial transformation, environmental threats, and […]
Domestic News

Michigan State Retirement System Drops All Investments in Israel Bonds

November 30, 2025 fwstaff
By Michigan Divest Friday, November 21, 2025 The State of Michigan Retirement System Drops All Investments in Israel Bonds MICHIGAN – After a year-long statewide divestment campaign led by Michigan residents, the Michigan Department of […]
IOF goons raid PGFTU Headquarters in Nablus.
International News

ITUC condemns Israeli Raid on PGFTU Headquarters in Nablus

November 2, 2025 fwstaff
By Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has strongly condemned the raid carried out by Israeli army and intelligence forces on the headquarters of the Palestinian General Federation of […]
Injured GM workers in Colombia protest outside U.S. embassy
Domestic News

The UAW, Internationalism and May Day 2026

October 18, 2025 fwstaff
By Frank Hammer Just two months ago, my union – the United Automobile Workers (UAW)– did a remarkable thing. It made public its pledge to fight for the rights of autoworkers – not its own […]
French union CGT rallies against austerity
International News

French Government Collapses as National Budget Deficit Reaches Critical Levels

September 21, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe France is grappling with a severe crisis in governance as repeated failures to address national problems have hampered its ability to address the burgeoning budget deficit. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a […]
Philadelphia AFSCME DC 33 worker on the picket line
Domestic News

Philadelphia Municipal Strike Highlights Worsening Plight of the Working Class

July 22, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe An eight-day strike by municipal employees in Philadelphia disrupted the operations of one of the largest cities in the United States amid systematic attacks on the interests and status of working people. […]
Meriter strike
Domestic News

Meriter Nurses in Madison Win Strike with ‘Safe Staffing; Saves Lives!’ Fight

June 27, 2025 fwstaff
By Dorothy Brown and Gerry Scoppettuolo Healthcare workers do not decide to strike without good reason especially in a right-to-work (for less) state such as Wisconsin. But when unionized Nurses at Meriter hospital in Madison […]
David Huerta, head of SEIU California, was beaten and arrested by ICE agents
Domestic News

U.S. Labor must stand with the California SEIU!

June 18, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff It is not a coincidence that anti-union billionaire Elon Musk ended his feud with Donald Trump when David Huerta, president of the California Service Employees Union (SEIU) and SEIU – was […]
Birmingham bin strikers outside depot
International News

Birmingham City Council Secures Injunction Against Striking British Sanitation Workers

June 16, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Bin workers in England’s second largest municipality of Birmingham remain on strike despite a British High Court injunction against picketing which blocks trucks from leaving to pick up garbage. The full-scale strike […]
International News

World Federation of Trade Unions statement on the new barbaric military attack and deliberate starvation of the people of Gaza

May 21, 2025 fwstaff
By Central WFTU The World Federation of Trade Unions expresses its deepest outrage and unequivocal condemnation of the new barbaric military attack and deliberate, systematic, and inhumane policy of starvation being imposed upon the Palestinian […]