Labor
Richard Berg | Chicago, IL | 8/30/10
Many of you know the story of Teamsters Local 743. After more than twenty years of fighting corruption, mob influence, back room deals and stolen election...
Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 8/30/10
2700 workers at the University of Illinois-Chicago were poised to strike Aug. 23. Last minute meetings between the officers of the union, Service...
Mick Kelly | Austin, MN | 8/22/10
About 200 veterans of the famous Hormel strike - members of Local P-9, along with their families and supporters - gathered here at the American Legion...
Staff | Chicago, IL | 8/19/10
Two administrative workers from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Jennifer Edwards (left) and Jackie Kurzeja (right), testify to members of the...
Network to Fight for Economic Justice | Chicago, IL | 8/19/10
2700 union workers, members of SEIU Local 73 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) are preparing to strike on Monday, August 23rd. They are...
Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 8/16/10
On August 10th, the Chancellor sent a letter to every employee and student at UIC. While we won’t have the opportunity to get our response to every...
Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 8/06/10
The outpouring of online anger at Target turned to the streets on Aug. 5, as more than 50 people protested outside of Target’s store on Lake Street and...
Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 7/28/10
As part of strike preparations at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), a leadership group from all three committees met at the famed DuSable...
Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 7/28/10
Between July 30 and August 2, 800 service and maintenance workers and 400 technical workers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) will take...
Fight Back! Editors | Minneapolis, MN | 7/03/10
The following is the text of a leaflet that Fight Back! prepared to distribute on the nurses’ picket lines during the strike. While the strike didn’t...
Re: Cop Fired for Shooting University of Florida Graduate Student Kofi-Adu Brempong
Excellent article, I'll be sharing this with student activists in Milwaukee. Justice for...
Re: Over 1000 Chicanos march in East Los Angeles against war and racism
carlos montes writes succinctly on the motives for the march: that stupid war, the...
It is important to remember the brutality of this system, that it assassinated an outspoken...
Re: March in Greensboro, NC demands end to federal ‘tax and deport’ policy
History truly does repeat itself. We as a nation need to see this and adjust so that past...
Re: More Bad News as the Economy Points to a “Double-Dip”
In the past, many homeowners were able to take advantage of rising home prices to refinance...