The Painters Union (IUPAT) Local 10 in Portland OR has passed a resolution calling for mass mobilizations to stop the KKK and similar racist groups. Union activists, socialists and others should join […]
IUPAT Local 10: “Mobilize to Stop the KKK”
AFL-CIO’s Weak Statement
Richard Trumka, head of the labor movement in the US (the AFL-CIO) has put out an extremely weak (at best) statement on Trump’s victory. “The AFL-CIO accepts the outcome of this election and […]
Fight Back!
Make no mistake, the election of the far right wing, racist, xenophobic simpleton Donald Trump is a defeat. And like all defeats, it is a bit demoralizing. This is showing already in […]
The Coming Mass Workers Party in the US?
The most important thing about this presidential race is not what we’re seeing, it’s what’s missing: The organized voice of the working class. That shapes everything, in election season and out. That […]
Berkeley Protest of Arrests at Standing Rock
Here is a video of a protest held in Berkeley against the arrests at Standing Rock.
Support Labor for Standing Rock
I tried to post this onto Youtube 3 times, and each time I got a notice “processing failed”. Then I tried a fourth time, but this time I omitted the words “Standing […]
Union Carpenters Losing Their Pension
The carpenters pension plan in Western Washington is going down the tubes. This comes after the carpenters pension plan has already been abandoned in Alaska. Here, Bill Knowles explains part of the […]
Multicare: “Healthcare for profit’s got to go!”
Multicare is a privately owned “non-profit” that owns and operates a chain of hospitals and clinics throughout the Pacific Northwest, among them Tacoma General Hospital. Many of the workers for Multicare are represented […]
IUPAT Local 10: “build a class struggle workers party”
“We call on the labor movement to break from the Democratic Party, and build a class- struggle workers party.” So reads the conclusion of a resolution passed by IUPAT (Painters Union) Local […]
North Dakota Protest and Organized Labor
Many on the left have been inspired by the protest of Native Americans and their supporters against the Dakota Access Pipeline. They have been horrified at the recent use of police dogs […]