The Labor Movement in America
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– The struggle to organize Amazon warehouses has been a leading battleground in the modern American class war. Employing around one million workers in America, they place themselves firmly as one of the… Read More ›
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Black lung is what you get. In the Spring of 2025, a slew of Trump regime budget cuts to National Institute of Occupational… Read More ›
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– Starbucks baristas from around the country have gotten together to exercise their collective muscle and stand against rampant understaffing and poor pay. Starbucks has been and continues to be one of the… Read More ›
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– “Men are persecuted, robbed, and slaughtered, and their wives are abused in a manner worse than death… all to obtain or retain positions that barely keep starvation from the door.” Rev. Father… Read More ›
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– The National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) came under attack recently by the Trump administration by means of funding cuts, with one specifically targeted a program that provided screening for… Read More ›
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– On May 16, 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis dealt a devastating blow to the state’s labor movement, and, in the same stroke, a blow to the illusion of the bourgeois union’s militancy… Read More ›
Sofia D. | Comisión de Nacionalidades Oprimidas del American Party of Labor | traducido por Camilo Lazo— [Editor’s note: To read this article in English, click here.] Sean Duffy, secretario del Departamento de Transportación de EE. UU. bajo Trump, firmó… Read More ›
Camilo Lazo | National Chair of the American Party of Labor– It is so easy to fall into despair or nihilism now. It’s understandable. The people have suffered major setbacks and we are only human. Our hearts bleed and our… Read More ›
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Precision Cast Parts Corp is a metal casting and fabrication company owned by Berkshire-Hathaway and based in Lake Oswego, Oregon. While PCC produces a large variety of products, their primary business is… Read More ›
International Women’s Alliance (IWA)— On this May Day, the International Women’s Alliance calls on all working and oppressed women to join with the workers of the world to advance their struggles and fight back against their exploiters and oppressors. The… Read More ›
This May Day, the Labor Commission of the American Party of Labor surveyed its members about two questions: “What does May Day mean to you?” and “Why are you a Communist?” As the world pushes further and further towards the… Read More ›
R. Nesbitt | Red Phoenix correspondent | Maryland– On October 1, 2024, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) launched a strike including several key ports all along the East Coast of the United States, from Boston and New York in the… Read More ›
Victor Vaughn | Red Phoenix correspondent | Maryland– The memo Elon Musk1 sent by email announcing Tesla was laying off 10% of its global workforce in April was surprisingly candid: “There is nothing I hate more, but it must be… Read More ›
Ethan H. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Florida— Several unions representing major US airlines took up a picket on Tuesday, Feb. 13, to demand better pay, benefits, and working conditions as new contracts are under negotiation this year. Employees of… Read More ›
Victor Vaughn, Red Phoenix corespondent, Maryland. Starbucks workers nationwide organized strikes and customer solidarity actions against the company’s unfair labor practices on its busiest sales day, Red Cup Day, Nov. 16. Following a year-long struggle, over 360 Starbucks stores with… Read More ›
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