LONDON — Over 200 refuse workers and street cleaners who work for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets voted to return to work Sept. 27. The members of the Unite union had struck Sept. 18 for higher pay. The settlement…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Around 75 union members and supporters rallied here Sept. 30 in solidarity with striking Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, joined by members of Writers Guild of America, who are discussing a proposed…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Over 100 workers, members of United Auto Workers Local 2083, went on strike Sept. 20 against ZF Chassis Systems here. The workers make axles for German automaker Mercedes-Benz, which has a nearby assembly plant. “We voted down…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The nearly 200 members of United Auto Workers Local 2406 at the General Motors ACDelco Parts Distribution Center here walked off the job Sept. 22, joining thousands of other autoworkers on strike against the Big Three. Local…
TORRANCE, Calif. — “Amazon hides behind its subcontractors, tries to duck responsibility for providing safe working conditions and decent pay,” Jessie Moreno told the Militant. He was part of a picket of 40 organized by Teamsters Local 396 outside Amazon’s…
In the midst of Moscow’s long and brutal war against Ukraine, and under cover of martial law at home, the Ukrainian capitalist class is pushing a new labor law that would weaken the labor movement. The working class is leading…
CHICAGO — “We’re glad to join the strike,” Courtney O’Barski, a member of United Auto Workers Local 551, picketing Ford’s assembly plant here Sept. 30, told the Militant. “Inflation is killing us. Retirees need health insurance coverage.” The day before,…
“By joining union struggles and going door to door in working-class communities, Socialist Workers Party campaigners in Georgia have sold 21 Militant subscriptions and 18 books by revolutionary leaders since the fall campaign began,” Susan LaMont, organizer of the SWP…
CINCINNATI — “The strikes today show more and more workers are fed up,” Gary Ringo, a bakery worker and member of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 57, told the Militant Labor Forum here Sept. 25. The forum…
TAMPA, Fla. — Forty people packed the U.S. Middle District federal courtroom here Sept. 28 to support African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel as their…
