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This week: Walmart protests go globalThis week: Walmart protests go global

‘Tis the season for strikes at Walmart and workers worldwide are catching the spirit. On the heels of increasing strike activity this month, workers are gearing up for Black Friday protests with a global week of action against Walmart.The UNI Global …

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Woot! Walmart to be charged by NLRB for illegally retaliating against 117 workersWoot! Walmart to be charged by NLRB for illegally retaliating against 117 workers

The federal labor board is prepared to prosecute Walmart for violating workers' rights on a day when the company faces strikes by drivers who haul its goods in California and retail employees in Ohio. The news media is also reporting that a Walmart s…

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Walmart holding food drive for its own employeesWalmart holding food drive for its own employees

A Cleveland-area Walmart is asking its low-wage employees to donate food so the other low-wage employees can have a nice Thanksgiving.We're not making this up.The Cleveland Plain Dealer broke the story:The storage containers are attractively displaye…

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Tomorrow’s low-wage worker strikes continue King’s fight for good jobsTomorrow’s low-wage worker strikes continue King’s fight for good jobs

Today thousands have descended on Washington, D.C, to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. Tomorrow hundreds of fast-food workers will strike in cities across the country in an ongoing movement to win the demands of the 1963…

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Breaking: LA port truck drivers to return to work after first-ever 24-hour strike!Breaking: LA port truck drivers to return to work after first-ever 24-hour strike!

Port drivers talking to Green Fleet Systems about returning to work. L.A. port truck drivers will return to work after a historic 24-hour strike ended against trucking company Green Fleet Systems. Discussions with management were tense, but now the d…

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LA port truck drivers on strike picket Green Fleet trucksLA port truck drivers on strike picket Green Fleet trucks

L.A. port strike still going strongThe L.A. port strike at Green Fleet Systems is still going strong as drivers look forward to a large rally at the company headquarters in Carson, Calif., this afternoon.Teams of striking L.A. port truck drivers are …

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National support for striking LA port truck drivers as trucks sit idleNational support for striking LA port truck drivers as trucks sit idle

Support for striking port truck drivers in LA is pouring in from all over the country as Green Fleet Systems trucks stand idle. Teamsters are hitting the bricks with the striking workers at Green Fleet's headquarters in Carson, Calif., while across t…

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LA port truck drivers' strike electrifies workers, TeamstersLA port truck drivers' strike electrifies workers, Teamsters

Messages of solidarity and support are pouring in for the striking port truck drivers at Green Fleet Systems in Los Angeles. Teamsters have been picketing with the strikers who want to join their union. As the strikers escalated their picket line thi…

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LA port truck drivers continue strike to end retaliationLA port truck drivers continue strike to end retaliation

Port truck drivers escalate pickets at 5 am today in Carson, Calif.L.A. port truck drivers are standing strong this morning against their abusive employer, Green Fleet Systems, as they continue their 24 hour unfair labor practice strike. The strike b…

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L.A. port truck drivers' strike escalates!L.A. port truck drivers' strike escalates!

L.A. port truck drivers strike line last night in Carson, Calif.The port drivers' Green Fleet Services strike that started last night in Cason, Calif., is getting a little more intense. Here's the media advisory that tells us what's happening:Los Ang…

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