Year: 2022
San Diego-area sanitation strikers fight for wages, safety
Vol. 86/No. 3 - January 24, 2022
SAN DIEGO — Sanitation workers on strike at Republic Services in the San Diego area remain on the picket lines after voting down a new offer by the company Jan. 6. Workers are demanding higher wages, on a par with…
‘As long as the capitalist system exists, wars will be inevitable’
Vol. 86/No. 3 - January 24, 2022
The French edition of Socialism on Trial: Testimony at Minneapolis Sedition Trial is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January. It contains the testimony of James P. Cannon, a founding leader of the Socialist Workers Party, at the…
25, 50, and 75 Years Ago
Vol. 86/No. 3 - January 24, 2022January 27, 1997 January 15 was the biggest day yet as protest strikes in south Korea entered their fourth week. Union officials say 630,000 workers participated in the strike that day, and tens of thousands flooded the streets of Seoul…
Colorado fire disaster is result of capitalist greed
Houses built for profits, not safety, fire protection
Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — By the end of the day Dec. 30 nearly 1,000 homes and businesses had been burned to the ground in Superior and Louisville, Colorado, leaving thousands homeless and two Denver suburbs in ruin. Nearby towns, like here…
Sanitation workers strike for safety, pay in California
Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Some 250 sanitation workers in the San Diego area continue to walk picket lines here since going on strike Dec. 17 against Republic Services. Members of Teamsters Local 542, many in rain gear for the winter…
NY Teamsters strike at United Metro Energy enters ninth month
Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022
NEW YORK — Fourteen workers, members of Teamsters Local 553 in Brooklyn, have been on strike against United Metro Energy Corp. since last April. They are fighting to win wages and conditions that match what workers at other fuel-terminal operators…
‘I really like the Militant’s coverage of today’s strikes’
Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022
The six-week drive to win more than 300 current Militant readers to renew their subscriptions to the socialist newsweekly is off to a good start, with 68 renewals in hand. The goal is to win renewals from at least 20%…
California hospital engineers end strike
Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022OAKLAND, Calif. — After 90 days on the picket line, with Kaiser management still refusing to budge on its insulting concession demands, the 700 stationary engineers on strike at 24 Northern California hospitals ended their strike Dec. 18. Officials of…
Ironworkers end strike at Erie Strayer, win dental plan
Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022PITTSBURGH — After 75 days on strike, the 40 members of Ironworkers Regional Shop Local 851 at Erie Strayer Company approved a new contract Dec. 19. It includes a dental plan for the first time and higher wage raises than…