Labor Struggles & Solidarity

Image from the ICE Out of MN Facebook Event The Independent Socialist Group Stands With the Call for a General Strike and Day of Action in Minneapolis (1/20/2026) - Our Unions Need to Fight for the Working Class: Strike Against ICE Terror!  An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Solidarity Between All Working People! Abolish ICE! ICE agents have murdered Renee Good and at least 5 other innocent civilians over the last year. ICE and the Trump administration have blood on theirContinue reading "The Independent Socialist Group Stands With the Call for a General Strike and Day of Action in Minneapolis"
Escalate the Fight Against Trump and the Right (10/20/2025) - A mass movement is growing against the Trump regime. Trump, the Republican Party, and his billionaire cabinet are leading attacks against working people here and around the world, using many policies from Biden and previous Democratic and Republican administrations.  The Trump administration is sending the military into cities, using National Guard and federal police agenciesContinue reading "Escalate the Fight Against Trump and the Right"
The Trump Regime’s War on Workers (9/2/2025) - Stop the Billionaires’ Blitzkrieg: Build a Real Opposition   By Jeff Booth AFSCME Local 3650 (personal capacity)Boston, MA Written for Issue 24 of “Socialism Today”, which went to print August 26th. Subscribe to get a copy directly to your mailbox! Seven months in and the Billionaire-in-Chief still leads the corporate smash-and-grab of social benefits, civil liberties,Continue reading "The Trump Regime’s War on Workers"
Full union rights for the Holyoke Teachers Association: End “exit assurances” to support students and educators! (6/14/2025) - The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has announced the end of receivership–state control–of Holyoke Public Schools (HPS) in July. The attacks on unions, pay, and working conditions that came with receivership are driving educators out of the district. Unfortunately, DESE decided to maintain many anti-worker measures from receivership as “Exit Assurances.” ExitContinue reading "Full union rights for the Holyoke Teachers Association: End “exit assurances” to support students and educators!"
Interview With ISG Member & Federal Trades Worker in the Department of the Navy (6/7/2025) - Trump is attacking the union rights and jobs of federal workers. ISG sat down with one of them to get their thoughts. Q: Have you and your coworkers been impacted by the federal layoffs from the last few months? A: All the things that have been going on, we really haven’t seen it. We’ve hadContinue reading "Interview With ISG Member & Federal Trades Worker in the Department of the Navy"
ISG in Action (6/7/2025) - originally published in the May edition of Socialism Today On Strike at Clark University(Worcester, MA // March 13 – March 23) Members of ISG in the Clark University Undergraduate Workers Union joined with coworkers on strike, seeking union recognition with the Teamsters from the Clark administration. The 680 undergrad student workers on campus want betterContinue reading "ISG in Action"
Solidarity with MassArt Workers and Students: Protesting is Not a Crime! (5/15/2025) - Defend free speech and the right to protest! Support activists targeted for protesting the genocide in Palestine! On Monday May 5th, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in Boston placed two workers on indefinite administrative leave, and restricted students and threatened them with suspensions, for attending a student-organized demonstration two weeks prior that demandedContinue reading "Solidarity with MassArt Workers and Students: Protesting is Not a Crime!"

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