This issue marks the anniversary of two events that impacted the class struggle in the U.S. — the al-Qaeda attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., in 2001 and the social catastrophe unleashed on working people following Hurricane Katrina in…
VALLEE-JONCTION, Quebec — After a hard-fought, four-month-long strike here, the 1,000 members of the Union of Olymel Workers at Vallee-Jonction voted by 78% to accept a new contract Aug. 31. They have seen their union strengthened through the battle and…
The deaths and social disaster left in the wake of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere are the result of the workings of capitalism and the class-divided realities it imposes on working people. The liberal media,…
CHICAGO — Chanting “What do we want? A contract!” and “No contract! No cookies,” 200 strikers, members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 1, their supporters and fellow unionists rallied outside Nabisco’s flagship bakery here…
BROOKWOOD, Ala. — Over 1,100 members of the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike against Warrior Met Coal here since April 1, fighting to regain historic wages and working conditions they won in past battles. The strike…
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of California, and SWP campaigners visited towns in the north of the state hit by wildfires Aug. 23. Since it began in July, the Dixie Fire has laid waste…
DALLAS — The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to reject a temporary injunction requested by abortion providers to block a Texas law that went into effect Sept. 1. The law bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Unlike similar…
SYDNEY — Over 7,000 truck drivers went on a national 24-hour strike Aug. 27 against Toll Group, one of the major trucking companies here and internationally. They are fighting for a new contract that will defend jobs from the bosses’…
The disastrous impact of the worldwide capitalist crisis of production and trade accelerated sharply at the start of the pandemic when government lockdowns led bosses to throw millions out of work. With competition among workers for jobs still severe today,…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — “We never gave up hope,” said Ratna Tithh, a dietary aide at St. Paul’s Hospital here. Her union, the Hospital Employees’ Union, had just succeeded in reversing the bosses’ contracting out of food provision and cleaning…
