Striking Workers Represented By ATU Local 265 in Santa Clara Reject Latest Contract Offer
By Driss El-Hassan SBWU Member on March 25, 2025 |
West
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265 in Santa Clara, CA went on strike on March 10th after negotiations for a new contract fell through. ATU...
Multiple Unions Rally in Sioux Falls in Solidarity with NALC to “Fight Like Hell” Against USPS Privatization
By M. Drezner IBEW Member on March 25, 2025 |
Midwest
SIOUX FALLS, SD—Sunday, March 23rd saw nationwide protests from the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) under the “Fight Like Hell” campaign as USPS is...
In Major Power Shift, State Senates in Washington, Oregon Pass Bills Allowing for Striking Workers to Collect Unemployment Benefits
By Driss El-Hassan SBWU Member on March 24, 2025 |
West
On March 7th, the Washington State Senate recently passed SB 5041, a bill to make striking workers eligible for unemployment insurance. SB 5041 allows those...
Class-Oriented Trade Unionism Stands Against the Privatization of the USPS
By M. Drezner IBEW Member on March 24, 2025 |
LUEL and Midwest
Speech from LUEL National Exec Member, and Heartland Chapter Chair M. Drezner at the NALC "Fight Like Hell" Rally Against Privatization of the USPS in...
ITALY: The National Assembly of the USB Industry Launches the Mobilization for Wages and Against European Rearmament
By Worker Wire Services on March 23, 2025 |
International
More than a hundred delegates and representatives of the USB’s industrial sector met in Naples, from steel, chemicals and mechanical engineering to automotive, aerospace, applied...
TUI M&M Note of Solidarity with the Workers and Pensioners of Argentina
By WFTU on March 23, 2025 |
International
The Trade Union International of Metal and Mining (TUI M&M) expresses its solidarity with the Argentinian people, especially with the retirees who were brutally repressed...

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The 1946 Sugar Strike: A Lesson on the Strength in Unity of Asian Workers

The 1946 Sugar Strike: A Lesson on the Strength in Unity of Asian Workers

By Tyler Rosen NWU Member on March 18, 2025 |

On the 1st of September 1946, production in 33 of 34 Hawaiian sugar plantations came to a halt after 26,000 sugar plantation workers went on strike. The 1946 Sugar Strike lasted 76 days and united workers from various ethnic backgrounds…

The Plumb Plan: A Call for Democratically Run, Publicly Owned Railroads