Bakery Workers union in Iowa strikes Ingredion over health care

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
Striking BCTGM Local 100G members at Ingredion in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, picket plant Aug. 5, prepare to lead march against boss moves to cut jobs, health care, overtime pay after 8 hours.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Some 200 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 100G and supporters picketed and rallied here Aug. 5, the fifth day of their strike against Ingredion bosses. “The company’s offer increases workers’ health…


Locked-out in Quebec, aircraft workers rally against Rolls-Royce

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

MONTREAL — Two hundred Rolls-Royce Canada workers, who repair and overhaul aircraft engines, and their supporters marched and rallied at Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s office here Aug. 3 to protest the Quebec government giving millions of dollars in handouts to…


Steps to strengthen the communist movement in the Pacific

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
Communist League cadres in the Pacific region have moved to consolidate forces in Australia to strengthen and expand the reach of the communist movement throughout the region. Plans were celebrated at July 23 Sydney meeting, above, and at Sept. 24 meeting in Auckland.

SYDNEY — In a major step forward the Communist Leagues in New Zealand and Australia have decided to combine their forces to build one Communist League, based in Australia with its headquarters in Sydney. The decision will enable the party…


Mass anti-Vietnam War protests changed face of US politics

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
United Auto Workers contingent in May 5, 1971, mass demonstration in New York. Many workers, then some unions, became involved in fight against Washington’s war in Indochina.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for August is Out Now! A Participant’s Account of the Movement in the U.S. Against the Vietnam War by Fred Halstead. Representing the Socialist Workers Party, Halstead helped lead the international protest movement.…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

August 25, 1997 HAVANA — Tens of thousands of young people filled the Panamerican stadium here August 5 for the closing ceremony of the 14th World Festival of Youth and Students. Among them were most of the 12,335 delegates from…


Letters

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

Delight with your article I want to express my sincere gratitude and delight at reading the excellently written Aug. 8 Militant article entitled “National Federation of Blind traces its aims, history, fight for rights.” Jane Roland and others captured the…


No to Democrats’ assaults on constitutional rights!

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

The armed raid by the FBI, on the home of former President Donald Trump in Florida Aug. 8, deals blows to rights in the U.S. Constitution that provide vital protection against state interference in political and trade union activity. These…


Back Warrior Met strikers! Demand $13.3 million fine be thrown out!

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
Miners picket Warrior Met in Brookwood, Alabama, in 2021. NLRB ruling, huge fine “is a slap in the face to every worker who stands up to their boss,” said UMWA President Cecil Roberts.

BROOKWOOD, Ala. — In a calculated attack on workers’ right to strike, the National Labor Relations Board Region 10 on Aug. 2 ordered the United Mine Workers of America to pay $13.3 million to Brookwood-based Warrior Met Coal, where hundreds…


Defend Ukraine independence! Protest, demand Moscow get out

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
Wall of Sorrow, above, is Moscow monument unveiled in 2017 to remember victims of Stalinist terror. Action against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine there July 24, marking fifth month of war, was halted by arrests of protesters arriving with flowers, unfurling signs. Pro-regime provocateurs backed cops and taunted protesters. Inset, sign says, “No to war in Ukraine.”

Nearly six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war to snuff out Ukraine’s independence and subjugate its people, Moscow’s offensive has largely stalled in the face of resolute Ukrainian resistance. Despite this, the Kremlin continues to unleash murderous…