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Prior to engines being used by coal miners, little Shetland ponies, known as pit ponies, were used to pull carts loaded with coal through the low-roofed mines.  The last pony mine in America was the New Gladstone Coal Mine in Appanoose County, Iowa.

Gare de Lyon protest comes on 19th day of industrial action over pension changes.

A National Labor Relations Board decision gives McDonald’s a major victory over the threat that it might share a duty to franchise employees, or that workers might have an easier path to unionization.

Rhiana Gunn-Wright, policy director at New Consensus, thinks environmental justice is central to black liberation. She credits black feminism with helping her to draw that connection.

The widespread support and touching memorials for Frank Ordoñez reveal the depth of pain and identification with the working conditions that delivery drivers face across the United States.

But workers across the country rose to the occasion, making 2019 one of the most exciting years for the labor movement in recent memory.

Democrats stepped in on the side of labor ahead of the debate — and helped workers win.

Although largely forgotten, Canadian oil workers have a long history of militant struggle rooted in the struggle for workers rights, democracy and socialism. This is being put to the test today as management has locked out over 700 workers.

This holiday season is truly different. Alongside the festivities, battle lines have been drawn. The survival of democracy is at stake. We ask readers for their support once a year. If you like what we do, this is the time to support Portside.

In a new report, the progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found evidence that employers are increasingly brazen in seeking to obstruct workers' attempts to unionize.