NOW conference participants debate over perspectives

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Workers in 2021 strike at Frito-Lay in Topeka, Kansas, pushed back against brutal schedules and unlivable wages that tear away at workers’ families, and their lives outside work. Participants at NOW conference debated how this fight is crucial to road to women’s emancipation.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Some 250 women and men gathered for the National Organization for Women’s annual conference here June 30-July 2. The theme was “We Won’t Stop: Organizing Until Equity for All.” The NOW leadership promoted a renewed effort to…


Working people in Ukraine show resolve to defend their sovereignty

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

Despite Moscow’s air superiority and greater troop numbers, the Ukrainian army and thousands of volunteer fighters continue to push back President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to conquer Ukraine. They’re backed by a civilian population growing more determined as the brutal consequences…


Corrections

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

The article “Crises of child care, education, medical care hit workers hard” in Militant issue no. 25 incorrectly said medical debts make up about half of all outstanding debt in the country, reporting erroneous data from the New York Times.…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

July 28, 1998 FLINT, Michigan — As the strikes by 9,200 workers at two General Motors plants here enter their second month, the world’s largest auto maker is taking new steps to pressure the workers and their union, the United…


Illinois aerospace workers strike rally draws solidarity

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

BEDFORD PARK, Ill. — Four days after voting down Northstar Aerospace bosses’ “best, last and final offer,” 123 International Union of Electrical Workers/CWA Local 14430 members went on strike at midnight June 5. They organized a picket line rally here…


Pittsburgh rally backs striking Wabtec workers

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Pittsburgh rally backs striking Wabtec workers

PITTSBURGH — Two hundred and fifty people rallied at the Wabtec corporate headquarters here July 6 to back 1,400 members of United Electrical Workers Locals 506 and 618. The locals have been on strike at the company’s locomotive manufacturing plant…


‘The company has been taking,’ IFF strikers say. ‘No more!’

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — “I’m glad I went on strike,” Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G member Macon Thornton told the Militant at their picket line here across from the International Flavors and Fragrances plant July 3. “I’ve…


After 10 years, ‘Lac-Mégantic could happen anywhere’

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

MONTREAL — “Another Lac-Mégantic can happen at any moment anywhere in the country,” Christopher Monette, Teamsters Canada director of public affairs, told the Montreal daily Le Devoir for its July 6 edition. July 6 was the 10th anniversary of the…


Teamsters ‘practice picketing’ as UPS contract expiration nears

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Teamsters at UPS warehouse in Riverside, California, join in July 6 “just practicing” picket and rally in preparation for potential strike when old contract for 340,000 workers expires July 31

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — With a July 31 contract expiration date looming, and after a breakdown in negotiations with the company, Teamster union members are stepping up “practice picketing” actions in preparation for a possible strike by over 340,000 UPS workers…


Granville Island Brewery workers strike for higher pay

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — “We need a living wage to be able to afford to live in Vancouver and work here,” Aaron Nakonechny, Service Employees International Union Local 300 member and shop steward, told the Militant on the picket line…