BELLEVILLE, N.J. — Hundreds of members of the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East came out for a spirited rally here July 22 demanding a contract for nurses at Clara Maass Hospital. Union-organized buses came from New York City and around…
LISBON, Ohio — Residents of this area around East Palestine, who continue to be affected by the toxic chemicals released by the Norfolk Southern derailment and burn-off Feb. 3, and rail workers across the country are continuing to fight for…
Below is an extract from a speech by James P. Cannon, “The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” given shortly after the U.S. rulers’ cold-blooded massacre in the two Japanese cities, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945. To mark the anniversary of…
August 10, 1998 PORTADOWN, Northern Ireland — The nationalist population of the Garvaghy Road area of Portadown witnessed the humiliating defeat of forces mobilized by the sectarian Orange Order in the week beginning July 12. By July 10 some 25,000…
A barrage of articles in the liberal media, from the New York Times to London’s Financial Times, assert that this month’s heat waves are the hottest ever. For these forces, every disaster — from hurricanes to forest fires — is…
LOS ANGELES — Chanting “On strike. Shut it down. L.A. is a union town,” hundreds of striking hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 11, were joined by striking actors and writers at the W Hotel here near the Hollywood…
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — Teamsters Local 346 members and supporters rallied and picketed outside the UPM Blandin paper mill here July 21. The 180 union members went on strike July 15 over a divisive two-tier system for wages and benefits,…
LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec — The 10th anniversary of the July 6, 2013, Lac-Mégantic oil train derailment, which killed 47 people and burned out the city’s downtown, has sparked a broad discussion among working people here on how to fight for safety…
MONTREAL — Under threats by the federal government in Ottawa to consider “all options” to force an end to a strike by 7,400 British Columbia dockworkers at West Coast port facilities, the International Longshore and Warehouse Canada union’s Contract Caucus…
If you go by what the liberal big-business media are saying, the economy is on the verge of a boom, with prices dropping and fears of a wrenching recession fading away. Among a plethora of articles pushing this view include:…
