The Labor Movement in America
Evan R. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Oregon– Dockworkers across the Mediterranean launched a coordinated strike on Feb. 6 to block arms transfers to Israel in protest against the increasing militarization of port infrastructure. Thousands of workers have united to… Read More ›
Pava | Red Phoenix correspondent | Florida– The experience of Puerto Rican resistance to American imperialism serves as an immensely inspiring example to oppressed peoples in the U.S. and around the world in their struggle for a truly democratic, socialist society…. Read More ›
John M. & Monty Sportello | Red Phoenix correspondents– In a powerful show of solidarity, nearly 15,000 nurses walked off the job this week, launching the largest nursing strike in New York City’s history. Starting early Monday morning, workers from… Read More ›
Camilo Lazo | National Chair of the American Party of Labor— On Jan. 24, the heart of Michael Parenti ceased to beat. It was a strong heart. It was a heart filled with love for the poor, the oppressed, the marginalized, the wretched. … Read More ›
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– As the final days of 2025 unfold, the U.S. economy confronts a somber reality: millions more workers are sidelined, their livelihoods eroded by a system that prioritizes profit over people. The Bureau… Read More ›
Ilektra A. and Oriana R. | Red Phoenix correspondents | Oregon– Legacy Emanuel, a private non-profit hospital in Portland, OR, has demonstrated its willingness to continue the long-standing tradition of collaboration between business interests and agents of fascism. Former employee… Read More ›
Joint statement by the Labor Commission and the Women’s Commission of the American Party of Labor– On Nov. 11, Amber Czech, a 20-year old welder for Advanced Process Technologies in Minnesota, was bludgeoned to death on the job by a… Read More ›
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 ›
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