Irish workers discuss prospects for unification as support grows

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
Thousands of teachers and other public sector workers rally at Belfast City Hall in Northern Ireland on April 26 dur-ing one-day strike for higher wages, staffing and working conditions.

DUBLIN, Ireland — Marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak went to Belfast to sell his government’s latest attempt to stabilize British rule in Northern Ireland. President Joseph Biden also toured Ireland, touting…


Working people in East Palestine keep up fight for cleanup, health

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
Eric “Jake” Cozza, center, who lives half a mile from Norfolk Southern derailment site, testifies at April 27 EPA hearing, saying results of urine test show presence of toxic vinyl chloride.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Three months after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment, fire and burn-off of toxic vinyl chloride here, workers, farmers and small-business people continue to press to gain control over needed steps to clean up the…


Workers feel a wind at their backs in combat with the bosses

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

Over the past couple of years growing numbers of workers have turned to our unions to resist bosses’ efforts to squeeze more from our labor. Underlying this shift is a deepening crisis of capitalist production and trade, sharpening international rivalries…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

May 18, 1998 Labor resistance and other political struggles in the working class are accelerating. This resistance is occurring throughout the United States, and parallels the labor struggles that are breaking out in other industrialized countries, from Canada to Australia…


Farmchella festival celebrates farmworkers in California

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

COACHELLA, Calif. — “We organized Farmchella to honor and celebrate hardworking farmworkers in Coachella Valley who are overlooked,” Flor Martinez Zaragoza told the Militant April 20. Martinez Zaragoza is the founder of the Celebration Nation Foundation, which organized this first-time…


Oregon nurses picket hospital over staffing crisis

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

BEND, Oregon — More than 600 nurses and supporters joined a spirited informational picket line outside St. Charles Bend Hospital here April 24. The 900 nurses have been working without a contract since Dec. 31. The Oregon Nurses Association says…


Alcatraz ferryboat workers rally for a contract

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO — Alcatraz Island ferryboat crews have organized a union and are fighting for a contract, 16 years after Hornblower Cruises took over the service and drove the union out. They held a spirited rally at Pier 33 here…


Canada federal workers strike ends, unionists voting on contract

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
Picket line in Montreal April 19, first day of strike by 155,000 public workers across Canada. Key issue was pay increase to cover inflation. Most workers will vote on contract soon.

MONTREAL — A 12-day nationwide strike by 120,000 federal government workers ended May 1 with a tentative agreement between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the government. Wage increases were the overriding issue in the strike. Workers will vote…


Working people across Cuba mobilize for May Day actions

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
April 14 assembly in Santiago de Cuba drew unionists and community organizations preparing their participation in upcoming International Workers Day celebrations across the island.

HAVANA, May 1 — The capitalist media, from the New York Times to the Miami Herald to BBC, ran articles today proclaiming “Cuba cancels May Day parade” or something similar. These assertions are false, as Militant reporters and others actually…