Donaire strikers in LA fight for respect, decent pay

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022
Donaire strikers in LA fight for respect, decent pay

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — “Morale is good, nobody has walked in,” strike leader Miguel Perez told the Militant  Jan. 3, “even though the company canceled our insurance at the end of December.” The strike by 175 Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco…


Larry Herman, photographer, supporter of Communist League

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022

LONDON — Larry Herman, 79, a longtime supporter of the Communist League in the U.K., died suddenly Dec. 29. Herman, born to a Jewish family in New York, moved here in 1968. He joined the Communist League’s forerunner, the International…


‘End Washington’s economic embargo of Cuba!’

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022
‘End Washington’s economic embargo of Cuba!’

A vigil at Miami International Airport, Dec. 23, above, protests the U.S. rulers’ six-decade-long embargo against Cuba. Similar actions were held the same day in Albany and New York, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Seattle. Actions were also held in Havana…


Pharma bosses, US gov’t fight over patents, millions lack vaccines

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022
Striking sanitation workers picket Republic Services in Chula Vista, California, Dec. 29. Union fight to get workers vaccinated would strengthen labor and struggles against bosses’ attacks.

“All working people should get vaccinated, including getting booster shots. This is in the interests of strengthening the unity and fighting capacity of the working class,” said John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director, Jan. 5. “Our unions must…


HarperCollins strikers fight for higher wages, union rights

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022

NEW YORK — “We’re fighting for higher wages and union security,” Laura Harshberger, a senior production editor and chair of the bargaining unit at HarperCollins, told the Militant. Some 200 workers — hourly employees in editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal…