On July 14, 165,000 actors represented by SAG-AFTRA went on strike against Hollywood studios. They join the 11,500 writers of the Writers Guild of America, who have been on strike since the beginning of May. This is the first time that both unions have been on strike...
If you were only reading the bombastic headlines from the past few weeks, you might believe that, despite the recent Supreme Court setback to student debt relief, Biden has still been able to cancel a titanic amount of student debt – $39 billion. The White House...
On the morning of July 17, 1936, right-wing generals in Spain ordered their troops to begin occupying dozens of towns and cities throughout the country. Over the next three days, troops loyal to right-wing army generals marched out of their barracks and attempted to...
Recently, there has been a series of railroad and other industrial disasters wreaking havoc on working-class communities. On June 24, a day after a public hearing on the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, a Montana Rail Link train derailed and spilled toxic...
The contract between UPS and workers in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters expires on July 31. It covers more than 340,000 workers, making UPS the largest U.S. company that bargains contracts with a union. UPS is a rich company, far more profitable than any of...
