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What Today’s Workers Can Learn From Machine-Breaking Luddites
“The Luddites get a bad rap,” says author Brian Merchant.
![University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) academic workers from United Auto Workers Local 4811 picket on the first day of their strike on May 28, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2155081596-400x300.jpg)
University of California Union’s Gaza Solidarity Strike Spreads Across Campuses
Labor support for Palestine at UCLA, Davis and Santa Cruz is the fruit of years of organizing. Others may join soon.
![People displaying UAW signs and Palestinian flags rally during a demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0521-ucsc-protest-400x300.jpg)
University of California Student Workers Strike Against Repression on Campus
About 2,000 workers at the Santa Cruz campus are taking labor action in defense of Palestine and the right to protest.
![Members of the Miami City Ballet performs "Dances at a Gathering" on July 2, 2006, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-564060345-400x300.jpg)
No Contract, No Pirouettes — Ballet Dancers Are Organizing for Labor Rights
Dancers at Miami City Ballet will have a union election on May 14, having endured a concerted union-busting campaign.
![Hunger-Striking Princeton Students Vow to Fast Until Divestment Demands Are Met](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/seg2-princeton-hungerstrike-400x300.jpg)
Princeton Students Vow to Remain on Hunger Strike Until the University Divests
The hunger strikers are also calling for Princeton University to drop charges against students arrested on campus.
![Demonstrators march on the Northrop Mall to call for a ceasefire in Gaza before setting up an encampment on the lawn on April 29, 2024, on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0501-pro-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Our Unions Can Turn the Tide for the Campus Palestine Revolt
Rank and filers can organize unions to join the encampments, strike for Palestine and turn words into action.
![Texas State Troopers and other police forces monitor the scene as pro-Palestinian students protest on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0425-ut-400x300.jpg)
UT Austin Faculty Strike in Solidarity With Pro-Palestine Student Protesters
Faculty are acting together, without a union, to break the law and stop work in order to protect the student movement.
![People gather to support nurses striking in Oregon for better wages, improved working conditions and respect in Portland, Oregon, on June 19, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0221-strike-rainbow-400x300.jpg)
2023 Had More Major Work Stoppages Than Any Year Since 2000, BLS Finds
Over 450,000 workers were involved in major stoppages in 2023, nearly triple 2022’s cohort of workers who striked.
![Protesters march with a large paper mache puppet of Argentine president Javier Milei](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0124-javier-milei-400x300.jpg)
Argentines Strike Against Far Right President’s Attacks and Austerity Plans
Two socialist members of Argentina’s congress discuss how the left is playing a crucial role in organized resistance.
![Striking Andover teachers gathered on the Town Common in Andover, Massachusetts, on November 13, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1783382736-400x300.jpg)
Massachusetts Teachers Are Making Waves and Winning Demands With Illegal Strikes
Public school workers can't legally strike in Massachusetts, but that hasn't stopped these teachers.