Month: April 2023

By Fighting Words Staff Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) at the University of Michigan have gone on strike for improved working conditions and better pay. On Monday, April 3, the GEO and its community supporters held a picket line outside the University of Michigan Detroit Center on Woodward Avenue near Martin Luther King, […]

It’s time for UPS to pay up and deliver the strong, historic contract we deserve! General President Sean M. O’Brien is with UPS Teamsters in Boston today to kick off the national negotiations that begin on April 17. Teamsters 

(BOSTON) – UPS Teamsters , General President Sean M. O’Brien, and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman rallied at Teamsters Local 25 in Boston on April 2 as they prepare to begin national negotiations for a new contract protecting more than 340,000 package delivery drivers and warehouse logistics workers nationwide. The Teamsters‘ national master agreement with UPS is […]

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“Uniting Wisconsin to End the War in Ukraine‘ – An Invitation for a WI statewide organizing zoom call. We hope the people attending will come away with ideas they can use locally. This project is sponsored by the Milwaukee End the Wars Coalition and Peace Action WI, and co-sponsored by the WI Network for Peace […]