By Fighting Words Staff A statewide demonstration took place on Sept. 5, 2023, in Lansing, Michigan demanding solutions to the housing crisis. Organized by the MI Rent Is Too High Coalition, the demonstration drew more […]
By Fighting Words Staff On Fri. September 15, 2023, thousands of UAW members and their supporters marched through downtown Detroit outside the Annual International Auto Show in solidarity with the recently called strike against Stellantis, […]
By David Sole The author worked for 17 years at the (now closed) GM Fleetwood Plant and later served as president of UAW Local 2334. Every auto worker in the United States for the past […]
By Graduate Employees Organization On August 25th, GEO members voted to ratify our new contract, with 97% voting for ratification. This officially ends GEO’s historic, 146-day strike for affordability and dignity. The 9-month campaign involved […]
By Fighting Words Staff After a three year hiatus, the Detroit Labor Day Parade took place in Corktown on Monday, September 4. Thousands of members and leaders of organized labor unions participated in the gathering. […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe There was enormous publicity surrounding the box office revenues generated from the newly released movie “Barbie” during the first two weekends of August. In its second week after release, the corporate and […]
By Chris Fry Since the earliest days of the industrial revolution, workers have fought company owners over their use of automated machinery to step up the pace of exploitation. “Programmable” looms in textile mills allowed […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Striking members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Announcers (SAG-AFTRA) along with the Writers Guild of America (WGA), have created a crisis for the Alliance […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Despite the enormous profits being made by film and television corporations in the United States, the writers, actors and announcers are undergoing pay cuts and threats to their future employment. Since early […]
By Lallan Shoenstein In June, the union contract dispute between 22,000 longshore workers in 29 ports on the West Coast — members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) — and the port bosses […]
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