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Santa Rita jail
Domestic News

Santa Rita jail conditions worsen after prisoners’ strike

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee – Oakland Three weeks after a weeklong work stoppage and hunger strike inside Santa Rita Jail, conditions inside the Dublin, California facility have worsened and prisoners are suffering retaliation for […]
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
Domestic News

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 […]
Chile demonstrations involve over one million people
International News

Chile Demonstrations Continue Despite Declaration of a State of Emergency

November 16, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A general strike and mass rebellion has erupted in Chile where the administration of President Sebastian Pinera has failed to quell the widespread discontent among the workers and youth. The president announced […]
International News

Ecuadoran General Strike Wins Concession on Fuel Subsidies

November 3, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After days of mass demonstrations and work stoppages, the Ecuadorian people have illustrated their revolutionary tradition in the ongoing battle against the imposition of austerity. Beginning on October 3, people responded angrily […]
Justice for DuJuan Armstrong
Domestic News

Prisoners strike at Santa Rita jail

November 2, 2019 fwstaff
By Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee – Oakland (Press release) Prisoners inside Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, CA are staging a one day hunger strike and work stoppage to protest widespread institutional neglect and abuse, including […]
CTU on strike
Domestic News

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% […]
Domestic News

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
Domestic News

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
Domestic News

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 […]