100,000 join national strike against austerity in Belgium
Belgian unions and progressive movements marked one year of resistance to De Wever government with 100,000-strong demo and national strike.
Belgian workers reject Arizona’s austerity in three-day strike wave
Workers across Belgium are wrapping up a three-day strike wave opposing the government’s austerity plans, including salary freezes.
140,000 march in Brussels against austerity
Around 140,000 people joined trade union protests in Brussels, opposing austerity measures planned by Bart De Wever’s administration.
IT workers in India continue protests against increase in working hours
Unions claim millions of IT/ITes employees in India are already overworked without adequate compensation and condemn the move to normalize the 14-hour workday
Argentine courts grant union’s request and suspend Milei’s labor reform
The measures are part of a “decree” announced by the far-right president in December
“Big Three” Auto workers vote to strike by 97%
Over 144,000 workers are set to strike on September 14 if negotiations with their employers, the car manufacturers General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford, fail. The union has already employed the tactic of practice pickets at auto plants in Detroit, Michigan and Louisville, Kentucky
UPS Teamsters vote yes on historic contract
UPS workers vote yes on the contract negotiated in July by an overwhelming majority, enshrining major victories
Teamsters win their agreement: Why is it historic and what’s next?
After scaring the capitalist class with a 350,000-worker strike threat, Teamsters have already pivoted to organizing Amazon workers
Hollywood actors are on the cusp of a strike
With less than 12 hours left before their contract expires, SAG-AFTRA workers appear poised to strike unless an agreement is reached before the end of the day
Hollywood writers are joining the fight for stable jobs
The TV & entertainment writers’ strike is only one example of organized labor attempting to lift the working class out of the trenches of the so-called gig economy
The US has a child labor crisis. Lawmakers are trying to make it worse.
Iowa just passed one of the most extreme pro-child labor bills in recent times, leaving employers off the hook if a child worker dies on the job
Following wins in the private sector, NYC nurses shift fight to public sector hospitals
After over 7,000 NYC nurses went on strike and won historic agreements with private hospitals, nurses serving the poorest patients begin their fight






