By: Ted Stracket, Red Phoenix Correspondent, Baltimore Saturday, March 20th, a series of nationwide solidarity demonstrations were held in support for the Amazon workers of Bessemer, Alabama who are attempting to unionize to secure safe working conditions, hazard pay, and… Read More ›
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#CountMeIn: NYC Construction Workers Say “No Retreat, No Surrender” on March 15
Ekim KILIÇ New York Union construction workers in New York City will protest against the open shop policy of their company with the slogan of “No Retreat, No Surrender” on March 15 at 8 am. The workers will be out… Read More ›
Statement on the Strike in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and a Call to Solidarity and Action on January 25th.
The following statement has been signed by the American Party of Labor in solidarity with striking workers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. All power to working people! Workplace democracy now! Mexico City, January 20, 2019 To social organizations To democratic unions… Read More ›
Strike in Mexico: The Ruling Class Trembles Before the Workers Strike in Tamaulipas!
Translated by Red Phoenix Staff (Find the original here.) The Worker’s Strike of Matamoros involving thousands of workers is making history. The economic demands for increased wages and annual bonuses are clearly demonstrating the conditions in which millions of workers in… Read More ›
#CountMeIn: Persistent New York Workers’ Struggle Continues To Fight
Photos obtained from CountMeIn Facebook Page Ekim KILIÇ New York On October 11th, union construction workers of the Hudson Yards came out to protest Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau outside of the Joseph Wharton Awards Dinner at the University Club… Read More ›
Mistreatment of Workers in the Rideshare Industry, a Story from Seattle
Lyft, Uber, and other rideshare drivers frequently drive during late night hours when demand is dominated by intoxicated passengers returning home from the bars. These are the most profitable times, but also the most potentially dangerous. Only weeks into her… Read More ›
The Scott Walker Phone Call & the Attack on Unions in Wisconsin
Most of reporter Ian Murphy’s prank call to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was fairly innocuous. Governor Walker, who thought he was talking to billionaire Tea Party backer David Koch, laid out some of his strategies for luring the 14 missing… Read More ›
State says Wisconsin Capitol Protesters have to leave Sunday
Thousands of demonstrators who have occupied the Capitol for nearly two weeks will have to leave by 4 p.m. Sunday, state Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs said Friday. In a statement, Tubbs said the building will reopen on Monday at… Read More ›
Workers Stand Up to Wisconsin Union-Busting
Rallies were held across the country Saturday to support thousands of protesters holding steady at the Wisconsin Capitol in their fight against Republican-backed legislation aimed at weakening unions. Union supporters organized rallies from New York to Los Angeles in a… Read More ›
Glenn Beck Has Meltdown over Wisconsin Protests; Jon Stewart Throws Left under the Bus Again
Right-Wing and Phony Left Slander Protests Who didn’t see this coming? Every time real-live working people show the slightest hint of independent thought media clowns come out the woodwork to belittle, insult and undermine the movement in any way they… Read More ›
Wisconsin Governor Threatens to call in National Guard against State Workers
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made the dramatic announcement on the morning of 11 February that he is prepared to call in the Wisconsin National Guard to respond if there is any unrest among state employees. In the wake of his… Read More ›
Fascism: Origins and Ideology
Post War Chaos The social and political upheaval that accompanied the end of World War I fused the various attitudes (elitism, racism, irrationalism, anti-modernism) that characterized the radical right of the early years of the century into a cohesive political… Read More ›
The Fight Against Unions Presses On; NLRB Threatens to Sue Arizona and others for their Curb on Unionization
In their drive to battle against the rights of workers to organize in the workplace, the states of Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah have put forth amendments to their labor law which conflict with federal law and are… Read More ›