On Oct. 24, International Climate Action Day, activists in 181 countries aroundthe world participated in over 5,200 events in an attempt to raise awarenessabout the threats of climate change.
On Oct. 22, over 3,000 members of UNITE-HERE Local 2 votedoverwhelmingly—by 92.3 percent—to authorize a strike against 31upscale hotels in San Francisco.
Members of United Steelworkers Local 12934-02 and their labor-communitysupporters walked a picket line for more than three hours and then held a rallyhere on Oct. 22 to protest the lockout of 70 union workers by Carquest, a chainof auto supply
Hey Goldman Sachs, we want our money back!" chanted about 60mainly young protesters from the Bronx in front of the posh home of GoldmanSachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on the morning of Oct 25.
Striking Canadian miners rallied at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 21.Travelling in vans for 14 hours, 30 members and staff of the UnitedSteelworkers union came to confront Vale executives as they rang the bell atthe Exchange. Vale is
Athens, Greece, will be the setting Nov. 1-4 for the Second InternationalAssembly of Migrants and Refugees. Migrants and refugees from grassrootsorganizations around the world will speak out on the horrific conditions facingworkers who have to leave their homelands.
