Month: March 2022

25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

March 17, 1997 DES MOINES, Iowa — On February 7 agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service arrested 22 Latino workers at the Swift pork packinghouse in Marshalltown, alleging they were working without visas. The agents were accompanied by Swift…

Bakery workers in California make gains in 113-day strike

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

LOS ANGELES — “Management and the corporate office believed we would break once we didn’t have a paycheck or health insurance. We didn’t,” strike leader Miguel Perez told the Militant at the victorious conclusion of 113-day walkout at the Rich’s…