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Buffalo Medical Residents Are Striking for Fair Pay and Better Conditions
The labor action by medical residents in Buffalo is the latest in the medical worker unionization wave sweeping the US.
Unionized Rideshare Drivers Vow Future Strikes After Jamming Nashville Airport
Striking Uber and Lyft drivers showed their power in Tennessee over Labor Day weekend and have vowed future strikes.
Cornell Has Driven Up Local Cost of Living. Workers Had No Choice But to Strike.
The university’s service and maintenance staff struck for two weeks, saying they can no longer afford to live in Ithaca.
Union Busting in Buffalo Continues — But Restaurant Workers Are Fighting Back
Elmwood Taco and Subs faces community boycott and NLRB scrutiny as workers seek justice against anti-union retaliation.
What Today’s Workers Can Learn From Machine-Breaking Luddites
“The Luddites get a bad rap,” says author Brian Merchant.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.