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International News

WFTU Statement on the 77th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba Day

May 21, 2025 fwstaff
BY Central WFTU The World Federation of Trade Unions, commemorates the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, “The Day of Catastrophe,” a defining moment in modern history that marked the forced displacement of over 750,000 […]
International News

WFTU 2025 Mayday Declaration

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
The International Class-oriented Trade Union Movement, the workers, and the militant unions all over the globe honor with struggles the 139th anniversary of the workers’ struggle in Chicago in 1886.  The World Federation of Trade […]
AFGE rally says Hands off My SSA
Domestic News

Detroit AFGE Rally Against Cutbacks and Layoffs

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Federal government workers have been a major target of the current administration. President Donald Trump has established an illegal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which is carrying out a campaign of […]
UK Unite members picketing over labor dispute
International News

Birmingham Sanitation Strike Spawns Public Health Emergency in England’s Second Largest City

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A sanitation workers’ strike in the second largest city in England, Birmingham, has prompted the local authorities to declare a major incident in the municipality. Reports indicate that approximately 17,000 tons of […]
Sean Fain, UAW President
Domestic News

“Free Trade” and Trump’s Tariffs: A Response to Shawn Fain

April 1, 2025 fwstaff
  By Chris Fry Elon Musk and his puppet “King Donald Trump” have laid a political trap against the United Auto Workers (UAW) leadership and the U.S. working class as a whole with their escalating […]
Boston protest against Trump's layoffs and cutbacks
Domestic News

Organized Labor and the Federal Employee Purge

March 13, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo, District 65, Distributive Workers of America (retired) Trump’s assault on the federal civil service, USAID, the Center for Disease Control, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) […]
Amazon workers on the move.
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Aspect of the Teamster/Amazon Organizing Drive

January 25, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo In the recent Teamster union “strike” at Amazon, it is estimated that between 600-1000 Teamster/Amazon workers participated in the job action Christmas week. The number of workers who actually left their trucks […]
Nigeria mass demonstration
International News

Nigerian Government Using Repressive Tactics to Quell Dissent by Youth and Workers

August 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Over the last ten months the workers and youth of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have organized general strikes and mass demonstrations to express their disagreements over the economic policies of the […]
China has developed sodium ion batteries to replace lithium ions which are more expensive and much less available
Domestic News

Biden’s Tariffs on China: A Unionist Response – Part 2

June 23, 2024 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Part 1 discussed how Biden has undermined his own publicized campaign to fight global warming by imposing huge tariff increases on China. Part 2 explores how the billionaire ruling class, patrons to […]
Labor uprisings led to the NLRA. Overturning it could lead to the opposite of what Amazon and the Supreme Court intend
Domestic News

Corporate Giants Attack National Labor Relations Act

March 6, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppuotello Recently Amazon, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have filed legal challenges to the constitutionality of  the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which was enacted in 1935 and whose constitutionality was upheld in 1938 […]