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Vol. 86/No. 41 - November 7, 2022See distributors in the Directory or visit pathfinderpress.com
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U.S. Steel workers rally in fight for new national contract
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — More than 200 United Steelworkers members from U.S. Steel’s Gary Works braved rain and stiff winds to send a message to the corporation’s CEO, David Burritt, who was speaking here Oct. 11 to the local chapter of…
San Francisco airport strikers win victory, gain wage raise
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO — After three days on strike, over 1,000 cooks, servers, dishwashers, baristas, lounge attendants and cashiers at San Francisco’s International Airport won a new contract Sept. 28. They got a $5 an hour wage increase over two years,…
Temple University graduate assistants rally for new contract
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022PHILADELPHIA — Unionized graduate assistants at Temple University protested outside the school’s board of trustees meeting taking place at Charles Library here Oct. 11 demanding a new contract. The demonstration, organized by Temple University Graduate Student Assistants, American Federation of…
Solidarity concert to save jobs at Greek smelter and mines
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022LARYMNA, Greece — A solidarity concert attended by over 250 mine and smelter workers, their families and area unionists and other supporters took place here Oct. 9, about a two-hour drive north of Athens. Larco, the largest nickel producer in…
‘Cuban women have always been on the front lines of the struggle’
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022
Marianas in Combat: Teté Puebla and the Mariana Grajales Women’s Platoon in Cuba’s Revolutionary War, 1956-58 by Teté Puebla is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. Puebla became second in command of the first all-female platoon in…
1,000 march against arsenic emissions by Quebec smelter
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022
ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec — One thousand people of all ages, including many children, marched here Sept. 23 to protest emissions of arsenic by the Horne copper smelter located in the town. The march was led by a banner that read in…
Berkeley groups ban all speakers who defend Israel’s right to exist
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022Nine student groups at the University of California’s Berkeley School of Law adopted bylaws in August promoted by Law Students for Justice in Palestine that ban “speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views or host/sponsor/promote events in support…
Donate California gas tax rebate to the ‘Militant’!
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022LOS ANGELES — “I haven’t received the $350 in my bank account yet, but I am sending that amount to the Militant now in anticipation of getting it,” Los Angeles area resident Pat Nixon said Oct. 18. “The Militant is…
UK rulers, in political crisis, aim attacks at working class
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022LONDON — Just 40 days after taking office, Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss faces calls to quit from fellow Conservative Party members, following financial turmoil triggered by her government’s first budget. This heralds further assaults on jobs, wages and pensions, exacerbating…