workers struggles

Striking workers at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit declare victory after reaching a settlement with the Marriott-owned hotel on November 3.
Domestic News

Workers demand livable wages at Marriott

December 8, 2018 fwstaff
By Tyler Vosgerchian One job should be enough. That is the tagline of the strike called by the hospitality union Unite Here against Marriott hotels nationwide, which concluded last week. This writer recently became a […]
GM Fleetwood workers gather by the hundreds inside the plant to talk about keeping the plant open.
Domestic News

Workers and community can fight GM plant closings

December 7, 2018 fwstaff
By David Sole General Motors (GM) announced on November 26 plans to end production at five plants in North America in 2019. Three of them are auto assembly factories located in Detroit-Hamtramck, Michigan; Lordstown, Ohio; […]
Chicago LPN strikers Nov 2018
Domestic News

Nurses demand better contracts at University of Illinois

December 3, 2018 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Dozens of Licensed Practical Nurses from the Illinois Nurses Association went on strike November 15 against Chicago’s University of Illinois Hospital to demand that management bargain in good faith for a […]
Women who load packages onto delivery vans describe conditions inside Amazon’s Eagan, MN warehouse
International News

Labor struggles against Amazon

December 1, 2018 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg Recent labor struggles against Amazon raise the question of whether retail workers, based on changes in the mode of production, are ripe for union organizing struggles similar to the dynamic period of […]