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Momentum Growing for UAW Solidarity Day in Racine, WI

December 14, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Members of the United Autoworkers Locals 180 and 807 are sponsoring a labor and community Solidarity Day in Racine December 17. About 1,100 workers at CNHi in Racine, Wisconsin and Burlington, […]
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Democrats, Then Republicans Smite Rail Labor

December 5, 2022 fwstaff
By Railroad Workers United Date: December 2nd, 2022 For Immediate Release Railroad Workers United (RWU) finds it despicable – but not surprising – that both political parties opted to side with Big Business over working […]
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Rail Workers Unhappy with Biden Call to Subvert Strike, Mandate Contract

December 3, 2022 fwstaff
Date: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 For Immediate Release Rail Workers Unhappy with Biden Call to Subvert Strike, Mandate Contract Unfortunately, the “most labor-friendly president” has opted to side with Big Business and call for a […]
At least 39 killed when fascists burned the Odessa House of Trade Unions in 2014
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U.S. Ukraine Puppet Regime Attacks Unions

August 31, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole The “Solidarity Center” is an organization affiliated with the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Its stated goal is to “help build a global labor movement by strengthening the economic […]
On July 8, 2022 workers at the Sheridan & Bailey store in Buffalo, NY went on a one-day strike in response to Starbucks cutting workers’ hours and other union-busting tac
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Starbucks Organizing Story Continues

July 18, 2022 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppuottelo The Starbucks Workers United rank and file union organizing campaign continues to stir hopes among union activists. Last month (June 2022) was the best month ever with 82 election wins. The 5,080 […]
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Labor Council opposes $40 billion in military aid to Ukraine

May 22, 2022 fwstaff
Source:  @troyarealaborcouncil The Troy Area (NY) Labor Council passed the following resolution in opposition to the $40 billion in military aid to Ukraine. The resolution could be summarized as saying, “Money for housing, education and […]
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Capitalist Crisis: The Culture War is Class War

May 20, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry In the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination in 1963, Malcolm X announced that the “chickens had come home to roost.” He was slandered for this by the corporate media and political establishment. […]
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New Labor Organizing

April 13, 2022 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo Long time labor organizers and activists are detecting new signs of life in organized labor in the U.S. Starbucks and Amazon workers are leading a remarkable rank and file led upsurge that […]
Demonstration of workers protesting the Detroit bankruptcy outside of Federal bankruptcy court on Oct. 23, 2013.
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Detroit activists form coalition to oppose the World Economic Forum

November 9, 2021 fwstaff
Editor’s note: The World Economic Forum announced that they will be establishing a global center in Detroit. In response, a number of organizations have formed  People Against Corporate Theft to oppose the WEF. Below is […]
Workers at a John Deere plant in Davenport, Iowa on strike in October
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U.S. Workers Strike and Leave Jobs in the Millions

November 2, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Workers in the United States are reaching a boiling point with their bosses due to the impact of the pandemic and the failure of the government to provide adequate assistance to the […]