worker’s rights – Occupied Tucson Citizen

On Reading “Notes for a Feminist Manifesto” While in My Rust Belt Hometown

November 28, 2022May 23, 2019 by Alice Whittenburg

Though the Occupy movement continues to fade from public memory, references to our signature chant of “We are the 99%!” still abound. They are of interest either because we feel ripped off when mainstream political candidates claim to be and/or represent 99-percenters or because we are glad to be reminded of the cooperation and solidarity …

The Bisbee Deportation, 1917

March 17, 2018October 23, 2017 by Thomas Moore

Picture of IWW members under armed guard being put on trains

One hundred years ago Bisbee, Arizona, hosted the beginning of the defeat of one of the world’s boldest and most effective labor organizations, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) or Wobblies, when 1186 striking copper mine workers were rounded up, loaded into cattle cars, then dumped in the desert of southwest New Mexico at …

Ruling Opens Way for Tucson Cabbies to Unionize

November 7, 2015 by Thomas Moore

More than 200 Tucson taxi drivers hired by AAA Transportation/Yellow Cab are employees, not independent contractors, and therefore eligible for union representation according to an October ruling by National Labor Relations Board Regional (NLRB) director Cornele A. Overstreet. This historic decision is based on a determination that the drivers’ opportunities for loss or gain are …

Message to the People of France

November 6, 2015November 5, 2015 by Doctress Neutopia

Even though the Tucson’s bus strike is over, the Bus Rider’s Union wants the City Council to end its contact with Transdev Corporation, who manages the bus service. In this video, which was created during the strike, reveals the power hierarchy of our local bus system. Do we want our city’s transportation to be managed …

Fight for $15

October 13, 2014October 12, 2014 by Doctress Neutopia

A video about the struggle for a livable wage in Tucson, Arizona. Fast food workers strike demanding a pay raise to $15 an hour and the right to unionize.