Voters at polls in Michigan speak out against campaign silence on major issues in the elections

The World Socialist Web Site spoke to workers at the polls in Detroit on Election Day about their thoughts on the candidates and the striking abyss between the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and the main issues facing the working class.

Social crisis in Warren, Michigan, a center of the auto industry

Following decades of betrayals by the UAW, the union is continuing to cut jobs, leading to a drastic deterioration of conditions of life in auto towns like Warren.

“They are messing people’s livelihoods up”: Stellantis Warren Truck workers denounce mass firings of temps

IYSSE members spoke to workers at Warren Truck Assembly Plant about the layoff of hundreds of Detroit area Stellantis Supplemental Employees following last month’s UAW sellout agreement.

Protests against cuts at West Virginia University continue as lawmakers allocate tens of millions to war-related research

The cuts at WVU are part of a systematic effort to divert all social resources to the war effort and the enrichment of the financial oligarchy.

“People should not be pushed into the military because they can’t afford an education”

Students and faculty voice opposition to slashing programs at West Virginia University

Faculty, staff and students of West Virginia University spoke with the World Socialist Web Site outside the College of Creative Arts Wednesday afternoon and voiced opposition to plans for the elimination of 169 faculty and slashing of 39 majors.

“The great powers are playing checkers with the lives of real people”: University of Michigan students speak out against war

Supporters of the IYSSE are campaigning at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan to build support among students and youth for a mass movement to stop the war in Ukraine.

“Everybody believes that Daimler has the union in their pocket”: Will Lehman’s campaign for UAW president wins support on Ray Curry’s home turf in North Carolina

Workers at Daimler Freightliner plants in North Carolina expressed strong support for rank-and-file autoworker Will Lehman's campaign for UAW President to abolish the union bureaucracy, put power back in the hands of the rank and file and unite workers internationally.

United Steelworkers seeks to push through sellout agreements at tire makers Bridgestone, Goodyear and Michelin

Since the announcement of the tentative agreements, workers have been largely kept in the dark by the USW.

Bernie Sanders speaks at “Unity Fest” rally in Richmond, Virginia: A trap for Starbucks workers

On April 24, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at Unity Fest, an event organized to celebrate the successful unionization vote at five Starbucks locations in Richmond, Virginia under Starbucks United, a section of the Workers United union.

Hundreds of vaccinated students test positive for COVID-19 at Duke University

More students are infected now, despite 98 percent vaccination, than were infected a year ago, before vaccines were available

Duke undergraduates ordered to shelter in place amid rapid spike in COVID-19 cases

According to the university’s COVID Dashboard, over 300 students have tested positive this semester, more than twice the total of positive test results from the entire fall semester.

International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US) establishes new club at Appalachian State University

The IYSSE at ASU is working to bring a socialist perspective to the students and youth at the college and in the surrounding area, and, to turn them to the working class in the region.

UFCW complicity exposed in outbreak at Tyson pork plant where managers bet on infections

The indifference of UFCW Local 431 to the plight of workers in the plant is so unconcealed that it was even acknowledged by the local press.

State sees deadliest month of pandemic as cases continue to spike

North Carolina ICU nurse: “There is a general expectation that though things have been bad so far, the worst is still on the horizon”

Compounding the health crisis, millions of North Carolinians are out of work and cannot afford basic necessities, while the wealth of North Carolina’s billionaires has soared to new heights.

Arkansas poultry workers protest lack of protection against COVID-19

On December 8, dozens of workers walked out and protested against unsafe conditions at George’s Chicken poultry processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas.