Category: Statements
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Hands off Jerome Adonis!
The New Labor Organizing Committee (NLOC) stands in solidarity with Kilusang Mayo Uno Chairperson Jerome Adonis, whom police attempted to arrest today in relation to actions conducted on May 1, International Workers’ Day. Other labor leaders, such as Working Women’s Movement Spokesperson Jacq Ruiz, have also been targeted with charges. NLOC condemns the repression of…
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NLOC Statement on May Day 2026
On May 1, 1886, hundreds of thousands of workers in the US went on strike or walked off the job in support of the eight hour day. A few days later, at Haymarket Square in Chicago, a rally was held in support of the eight hour day. The rally ended in violence when an unknown…
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Urgent Statement Condemning the Killing of Protesters by Federal Agents in Minneapolis
On the Morning of January 24th, 2026, Federal Officers executed yet another innocent protestor. His name is Alex Pretti. He was just 37 years old and a Minneapolis resident. He was on the scene recording an ICE terror operation when the officers decided to detain him after he stood up and protected a woman ICE…
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NLOC Unites Around Draft Program
The national leadership and constituent organizations of the New Labor Organizing Committee have unified around a draft program of struggle to be implemented in the current period of the expanding activity and influence of New Labor. The program, inspired by historical and contemporary programs of the international revolutionary labor movement, contains seven sections: The draft program is…
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Announcement: NLOC Establishes Workers’ Circles
The New Labor Organizing Committee has formally accepted the affiliation of the following workers’ circles: Johnson City New Labor Committee (TN)Working People’s Association of Charlotte (NC)Columbus New Labor Committee (OH)Oklahoma City New Labor Committee (OK)Providence New Labor Committee (RI) The purpose of these circles is to provide local assistance to the shop organizations, help new…
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NLOC: Resolution on International Working Women’s Day
The following resolution was approved by the delegates of the labor organizations associated with the New Labor Organizing Committee (NLOC) to serve as the basic orientation towards work in the trade union movement among women. WHEREAS the state unions have systematically surrendered the basic rights and demands of working women; WHEREAS approximately one third of…