Unions

UAW GM Strike in 2019
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UAW workers organize to take back their union

January 23, 2020 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg, UAW 900 retired As the United States Justice Department seems hell bent on moving to a government takeover of the United Auto Workers union (UAW), a rank and file movement, called Unite […]
Chicago Teachers Strike during October 2019
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Chicago teachers strike settled

November 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On October 17, 25,000 Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members walked off the job demanding better salaries and working conditions among other issues. The strike also was joined by members of the Service […]
McDonald's workers demand an end to sexual harassment at #FastFoodGlobal Day of Action strike in Detroit on Nov. 14
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Low-wage workers strike in Detroit

November 20, 2019 fwstaff
 By Detroit FW staff Almost 1000 low-wage workers, organized by Fight for $15, went on strike on Nov.12, 2019, and took the streets of Detroit, braving record cold temperatures and snow to demand unions for […]
CTU on strike
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Chicago teachers strike to improve education system

October 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is leading the way in the fight for a decent quality education in major cities. In addition to demands for a fair wage increase beyond the 3.2% […]
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Workers vote on UAW contract with GM

October 22, 2019 fwstaff
By Thomas Michalak For over a month United Auto Workers (UAW) members employed by General Motors have been on a countrywide strike after a breakdown at the negotiation table between the union and the company. […]
Protestors demanding that GM pay state and federal taxes
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Make G.M. Pay Taxes – Support the UAW Strike

October 21, 2019 fwstaff
By FW Detroit Staff With the UAW strike against General Motors in its 30th day, community activists gathered on October 15 at the State of Michigan Building to show their support. The target of this […]
A contingent from UNITE HERE union joins the picket line outside the General Motors Tech Center in Warren
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Demand for a Short Work Week – 30 hours work for 40 hours pay

October 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg UAW Vice President and chief negotiator Terry Dittes, has correctly articulated that the critical issue in the current UAW/General Motors strike, in addition to ending the wage disparities among the members, is […]
ILWU Local 10. | Photo: Terri Kay
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Coalition Led by ILWU Fights for Jobs and Against Gentrification

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Terri Kay A community/labor meeting was held in West Oakland on Saturday, September 21, as part of a series of meetings which have been held on the greedy land grab planned by the billionaire […]
National Trade Union Central of Brazil
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International solidarity will help beat GM

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg A recent bourgeois commentary on Market Watch, predicted that the UAW strike against General Motors could not win. Why? Because “Today GM carries large stockpiles of inventory, and its suppliers and assembly […]
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Corruption charges used to undermine workers resolve

September 27, 2019 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg On a daily basis, the bourgeois media attempts to undermine the UAW/GM strike with unrelenting articles on corruption within a significant sector the UAW leadership. There is no doubt that seeing these […]