By Robin H., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. On May Day, activists with the Rainforest Action Network, The Blackbird Collective, and Study Group for the People’s Initiative Development (KSPPM), and representatives from the Pargamanan-Bintang Maria community of Sumatra, Indonesia, marched in… Read More ›
Workers Struggle
News relating to Organized Labor, Strikes, Unionization, and Worker’s Struggles in the Workplace.
Paddy Whalen: Tribune of the People
By the Maryland Division of the American Party of Labor. The American Party of Labor is proud to announce the foundation of a Maryland state Division, headquartered in the Baltimore metropolitan area. After a period of deliberation, the Maryland comrades… Read More ›
The illusion of upward mobility in higher education
By Amos Dewy, Red Phoenix correspondent, Georgia. Higher education has long been considered the pathway to upward mobility and class advancement in the United States. Of course, this is a lie perpetuated by the bourgeoisie. Recent research from the journal… Read More ›
France: A powerful social movement against the pension reform
By the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Workers of France, April 2023. Since January, a powerful workers’ and popular movement of strikes and demonstrations has shaken our country. The 10th day of mobilization took place on Tuesday,… Read More ›
Dutch residents stand against cuts to public transit
By Allison P., Red Phoenix international correspondent. The tactics of the bourgeoisie are virtually universal regardless of country: privatization, cost cutting, reducing wages, and strikebreaking. In the Netherlands there have been strikes among public transport workers in recent months over… Read More ›
Starbucks worker: “I was fired four days ago for being a union organizer”
By Isabelle B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Oregon. Starbucks Workers United has been organizing for over a year for the purpose of unionizing Starbucks stores around the country. Since their launch, over 300 stores have successfully unionized in the United States…. Read More ›
Let’s fight for the unity of the working class of Iran!
By the Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) Class governments and capitalists are afraid of workers’ strikes. We saw an example of this during the revolution of 1979 in Iran. We saw the changes that were created by the potential… Read More ›
City of Portland workers on strike
By Isabelle B, Red Phoenix correspondent, Oregon. The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on workers everywhere, especially those essential workers on the front lines. Short staffing, stagnant wages, and inflation have been creating miserable conditions for the working class, but… Read More ›
Ukraine: The bosses are using the war to take away workers’ rights
By June Vass, Red Phoenix correspondent, California. Organized workers in Ukraine have been battling for labor rights for decades, and in the course of the ongoing war this struggle continues to be paramount to the livelihood and survival of the… Read More ›
Class struggle in the fast food industry
By: Ian Ocx, Red Phoenix correspondent, Texas. In Fort Worth, Texas, a few miles outside of Dallas, McDonald’s announced the opening of the first ever “fully” automated fast food restaurant, where customers place and pick up their orders without interacting… Read More ›
UPS and the US Heatwave: Bosses Profit on Deadly Conditions
By: Devin B, Red Phoenix Correspondent NYC In the United States, there are 702 heat-related deaths per year and roughly 67,512 visits to the emergency room due to heat. As of the publication of this article, 37,864,278 people have been… Read More ›
Florida Minimum Wage Law: As Always, Too Little, Too Late
By: Andrew D, John P, Min A The Florida $15 minimum wage initiative, passed in 2020, is in all ways a band-aid solution to the problem of ever-increasing cost of living. While the idea of $15 an hour sounds very… Read More ›
At Youngstown State, Cuts Target Diverse Faculty and Programs
By: Bobby Gallagher, Red Phoenix Correspondent Ohio Bobby Gallagher is a union organizer and member from Youngstown, Ohio. Across the country, there are issues regarding the integrity of our schools and universities. Education in this country remains an imperfect system,… Read More ›
CTU Attacked By Media Because They Have and Use Worker’s Power
By: John Palameda, Red Phoenix Correspondent Illinois The Chicago Teachers Union, for many years one of the strongest and most active remaining unions in the country, is once again in the crosshairs of the corporate media and moderate democrats led… Read More ›
Unionist On Trumka’s Legacy: A Life Lived for the Workers, But More Democratic Unions Needed
By: Mark Han Mark Han is a union organizer in the Pacific Northwest, and member of the American Party of Labor. With the unexpected passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the American Party of Labor joins the American Labor Movement… Read More ›