Laborers’ union shuts down strike by 600 Portland city workers ahead of ratification vote

Despite the determination of workers to fight, the union leadership called off the strike and rushed a vote on a tentative agreement that concedes to nearly every demand of the city.

What is behind Socialist Alternative and Kshama Sawant’s latest non-socialist initiative?

Kshama Sawant and Socialist Alternative have systematically violated every principle upon which they claim their “new movement” will be built.

“We need more support; the kids need more support”

Seattle educators speak out on the consequences of understaffing, inadequate support and low pay

Several teachers at Seattle Public Schools spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about the key issues they are fighting to address in their ongoing strike, which began on September 7.

Seattle City Council repeals $4 hazard pay for grocery workers

The decision is driven by the nationwide campaign to rip up the last public health measures implemented during the pandemic, and to suppress rising wages.

“The ILWU started out democratic, but it’s not that way anymore”

Port of Tacoma dockworker speaks out about working conditions, inequality and union corruption

The ILWU has kept workers on the job without even a formal contract extension after their contract expired on July 1.

Union announces sellout tentative agreement for 1,600 Providence St. Vincent nurses in Portland, Oregon

Nurses must organize independently of the Oregon Nurses Association to carry forward their struggle and reject the tentative agreement, which includes meager wage increases, inadequate promises for paid time off and healthcare benefits, and no real improvements to staffing, workloads or job safety.

Providence St. Vincent nurses in Portland, Oregon authorize strike for safe staffing and pay

Over 1,600 nurses at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center are in a fight against management and the Oregon Nurses Association, which has kept them on the jobs months after their contract expiration.

Sellout contract at Vigor Marine shipyards passes amid widespread opposition from workers

The Metal Trades Council of the AFL-CIO announced the passage of the third proposed contract for 900 shipyard workers at Vigor Marine, against massive opposition among workers, who recognize the “pay raise” as an effective pay cut in the face of skyrocketing inflation.

With inflation raging, Pacific Northwest Vigor shipyard workers vote on another union-backed sellout

Vigor Marine workers should reject the unions' third attempt to push through a concession-laden contract and prepare strike action

Mask mandates end in nearly every US school district as pediatric death toll climbs

The Democratic Party has fully signed on to the blatant “herd immunity” policies that the Republican Party, far-right groups and Donald Trump have been advocating since the beginning of the pandemic.

Reject APWU sellout! Oppose Postal Reform Act robbery

Postal workers are being asked to ratify a fraudulent tentative agreement imposing further drastic cuts and, to add further insult, freeing management and the APWU to rewrite its terms at their discretion.

What is behind the American Postal Workers Union and the Postmaster General’s 10-year plan?

The concessionary contract negotiated by the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service supports the recently enacted plan to dismantle and privatize mail delivery.

US postal workers’ union proposes tentative agreement with cuts to real wages, keeps two-tier system

The deal, which contains a measly 1.3 percent wage increase and provides for the expansion of second-tier labor, keeps every prior concession intact while adding a few more.

After one year of the right-wing campaign, recall election concluding against Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant

Kshama Sawant faces an attack from the right, with sections of the Democratic Party and unions focusing on her involvement in anti-police violence protests last summer, as well as her proposal for a meager tax on Amazon.

What’s behind the record-breaking surge of gun violence in Portland, Oregon?

In the first ten months of this year, Portland’s homicides have already matched the record of 70 in 1987. Unable to address the social causes of violence, Democratic Party politicians are using the tragedies as a pretext to expand staffing and funding for the police.

Seattle carpenters strike at the crossroads, as union works to suppress rank-and-file rebellion

The efforts of rank-and-file workers to wage a real struggle to win their demands is being met with determined efforts by the Pacific Northwest Carpenters Union (NWCU) to shut down the strike and impose another pro-company labor agreement.

Mobilize the working class to support the striking Washington state carpenters!

The nearly week-long strike by thousands of carpenters centered in the metro Seattle area has reached a critical juncture.

BCTGM union rushes through sellout deal, ending nationwide strike by Nabisco workers

The BCTGM, which did not release details of the vote, forced workers to cast a ballot less than an hour after being given copies of the agreement in at least some cases.

Washington state carpenters enter third day of strike, defying union in fight for higher wages

Carpenters in Seattle and other cities rejected four contract proposals backed by the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters and are seeking to spread their strike to overturn decades of eroding living standards.