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Authorities scrapped a plan to dislodge Occupy Wall Street after a thousand people rallied to defend the encampment at daybreak. Unions called out members, backing a protest that’s put focus on wage cuts, layoffs, and foreclosures.

Legal maneuvering and union-busting threaten to crush the organizing that’s unified workers across transnational companies in El Salvador. But Salvadoran unions and their allies are fighting to protect their fragile gains.

Thousands are marching Chicago’s streets this week to protest overwhelming corporate power and demand government action to create jobs and reconstruct a fraying social safety net. Dozens of actions are targeting bailed-out banks and corporate tax dodgers.

Workers in Brazil—in heavy industry, services, the public sector, and agriculture—are waging a series of strikes and mass protests such as the country hasn’t seen in decades. Bank workers have shut down 8,328 banks in the country’s 26 states.

After nearly a year locked out of their jobs, porters and maintenance workers at a massive New York housing complex see a ray of hope. A Labor Board complaint described the lockout as “inherently destructive” of workers’ rights, making the 70 Service Employees members optimistic they will...

It’s a cruel joke for Democrats to trot out language about “labor standards” to defend trade pacts with Colombia, Korea, and Panama. Previous trade deals make it obvious brands like Walmart like the current sweatshop system just the way it is.