The Big Three Auto companies, Ford, GM, and Stellantis (which owns Jeep, Ram, and Chrysler), have announced plans to lay off nearly 10,000 workers throughout the winter and spring. The companies say many of the layoffs will be temporary, just part of the restructuring...
On December 23rd, an explosion took place at the PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel nickel processing plant on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, killing 18 workers and hospitalizing 41 more. According to an initial investigation, a flammable liquid leaked during...
As 2023 comes to an end, we recognize the small but significant increase in labor actions this year that mark a positive turn for the labor and larger workers movement. From small but successful wildcats in North Carolina, to increased service sector organizing, to a...
Over the past week, members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) at the California State University (CSU) system went on strike across the state. The CSU system is the largest four-year public university system in the United States. After a 95 percent strike...
In Martinez, a small suburb of the San Francisco Bay Area, two separate fires broke out at the Marathon oil refinery over the last month. In a fire on November 19, refinery worker, Jerome Serano, suffered third-degree burns on more than 80 percent of his body, which...
