On June 18, 2026, a worker at the FedEx World Hub in Memphis, Tennessee, was hospitalized after succumbing to severe overheating while on the job. The hospitalized worker, Darius Smith (name changed for privacy), spoke […]
Jesse Leal, a 29-year-old Guatemalan worker, was killed at the Pilgrim’s Pride meat processing plant in Minnesota after being crushed by machinery while repairing a loading dock on June 25. While workers managed to remove […]
Read our editorial on the significance of strikes here. After nearly two years of what workers describe as bad-faith and regressive bargaining, Houston glaziers represented by Glaziers Local 1778 launched an unfair labor practice strike against […]
This article was updated on July 1 to include more photos of Day of Heroism commemorations that were sent to us. On June 19, 1986, revolutionary prisoners of war led by the Communist Party of […]
Read our editorial on the significance of strikes here. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) workers across five unions voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in June. Through a three-day strike […]
Delegates to the United Auto Workers’ 2026 Constitutional Convention voted to prohibit investment in Israel bonds on June 18. The Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) caucus, which seeks “to build a militant, democratic UAW”, […]
Eight activists were federally indicted last month for alleged pro-Palestine actions in Michigan. FBI, assisted by local law enforcement agencies and the University of Michigan’s Division of Public Safety and Security, executed arrest warrants against […]
Read our article Combat and Resist ICE Terror here. 48 workers at a metal casting plant in Abbeville, SC and 21 workers in Lake Placid, NY were abducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in […]
Amazon Worker Correspondent As Amazon launches Prime Day this year, warehouse and delivery workers are once again facing dangerous work speed-ups and mandatory overtime during one of the company’s busiest sales periods. Amazon reported $12.7 […]
This is a developing story. A construction worker was killed in a fall from a crane at a construction site in the Windsor Park neighborhood of Austin, TX, on June 17. The site’s building permits […]
