πŸ¦„ Labor, Prison

Report: Prisoners Strike at Oak Park Heights Canteen

Oak Park Heights, MN β€” Just days after prisoners at the Stillwater prison staged civil disobedience actions by refusing a staff lockdown, incarcerated workers at the nearby ‘level 5’ MCF-Oak Park Heights prison canteen have staged a work strike, according to activists who regularly stay…

πŸ¦„ Borders & Migration, Labor

Protests Against Anti-Immigrant Laws to Continue

Recent protests and boycotts in response to anti-immigrant legislation in Florida are having lasting impacts on communities upheld by undocumented immigrants. The June 1st labor strikes coordinated by Latino organizers on TikTok made a statement not just on the seriousness of the immigration debate but…

πŸ¦„ Global, Labor, Police

May Day Riots Against Pension Reform in Paris

Paris, France — May Day in France this year was dominated by the ongoing protests against pension reform. While the government had been hoping that the movement — which has been going on for three and a half months — would run out of steam…

πŸ¦„ Global, Labor
person with a mask on and yellow flag around their head and backpack in the front of their body stand in front of fire posing with their fist in the air during protests in Paris on March 28, 2023

The French People Battle Pension Reform in Paris

Paris, France — More than 100,000 people demonstrated in Paris, France during a nationwide 24-hour strike on March 28 to protest French President Emmanuel Macron’s forced pension reform plan that raises the retirement age.

In January, Elizabeth Born, the Prime Minister of France, announced a…

πŸ¦„ Labor

Temple University Grad Student Union Strikes; Rally on Campus

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Temple University Graduate Students Association (TUGSA) has gone on strike, and undergraduates who support them have organized a walk-out from class and campus work on February 15. The graduate students are demanding base pay of $32,800, dependent healthcare, longer parental and…

πŸ¦„ Global, Labor

South African Military to Guard Power Stations After Record Power Outages

Durban, South Africa – As the ongoing South African Energy Crisis enters its sixteenth straight year, continued substation breakdowns coupled by widespread sabotage and corruption at the nation’s virtual energy monopoly, ESKOM, has resulted in an unprecedented surge of rolling blackouts. As a result South…

πŸ¦„ Global, Labor

Union Infighting Threatens to Derail South African Workers Movement

Durban, South Africa – On Tuesday, Nov. 22, three of South Africa’s largest trade union federations in the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) initiated a one-day…

πŸ¦„ Global, Labor

Workers Turn Black Friday into ‘Make Amazon Pay Day’

“Make Amazon Pay” – “The Tower must go” – “The wrong Amazon is burning” – “Solidarity with Amazon strikers worldwide” – activists projected a series of giant slogans on the Amazon Tower being built in Berlin.

More than 100 people protested in solidarity with the…

πŸ¦„ Labor

Starbucks Workers United Launches Red Cup Rebellion

Over 100 unionized Starbucks locations launched a one-day strike Thursday to demand that the company engage in good faith union negotiations and address understaffing at locations across the country.

Members of Starbucks Workers United, the national union representing Starbucks employees, organized the strike for Nov.…

πŸ¦„ Labor, Prison

Alabama Prisoners Explain Why They’re Striking

Prisoners across Alabama launched a coordinated work stoppage Monday, refusing to attend their work assignments and essentially shutting down normal operations of the prison system in the state.

Although the exact number of prisoners on strike is unknown, an outside organizer with prisoner support group…

πŸ¦„ Labor

Recently Unionized Minneapolis Starbucks Workers Conduct Two-day Strike

Minneapolis, MN – The corner of 47th Street and Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis was quiet for the first time after spirited drumming and chants of, β€œWhat’s disgusting? Union busting!” filled the air from July 31-August 1. Employees of the Cedar Avenue Starbucks had returned to…

πŸ¦„ Labor

Minneapolis Teacher Strike Tentative Contract Voting Results Due Sunday Night

Minneapolis, MN – Despite premature messaging by the Minneapolis Public School district (MPS) that the Minneapolis teacher strike had “ended,” the strike isn’t over until the union takes a vote. The results of this weekend’s vote by the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59 will…

πŸ¦„ Labor

District Strike Messaging Draws Ire of Parents, Students, Educators

Minneapolis, MN – Messaging by the Minneapolis Public School district (MPS) during the teachers strike has drawn the ire of parents, students, and union members alike.

After students occupying the district’s headquarters said they were β€œtired” of MPS using the media to say negative things…

πŸ¦„ Global, Labor

Thousands March in Celebration of Mayday 2021

International Workers Day or β€˜Mayday’ is a annual holiday held on the first of May to celebrate the achievements and sacrifices of the international labor movement. The holiday started in the United States over a century ago to commemorate the workers who campaigned to achieve…

πŸ¦„ Global, Labor

South African Unions Form Alliance Against Government

Durban, South Africa – On October 7, 2020, South Africa’s four largest trade union confederations COSATU, SAFTU, FEDUSA, and NACTU organized a national one-day strike in response to ongoing, failed negotiations with the government. These rival union confederations have combined forces in an effort to…

πŸ¦„ COVID-19, Labor

Philly Starbucks Worker Delivers NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Complaint

Philadelphia, PA – An employee of the Starbucks at 1900 Market St. delivered a National Labor Relations Board form stating she’d been retaliated against for ‘Protected Concerted Activity’. The worker filing the complaint alleges she was punished via a reduction in hours for organizing a…