Back fight for Ukraine independence!

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023

The seizure of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenaries and their aborted armed march on Moscow highlight the dangers for working people in Russia, Ukraine and worldwide in the crisis unfolding within Vladimir Putin’s secret-police-based capitalist…


‘A road forward to raise workers’ confidence in our own capacities’

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023
Laura Garza, Socialist Workers Party 2024 candidate for U.S. Senate from California, speaks at closing panel.

OBERLIN, Ohio — The political report by Socialist Workers Party National Secretary Jack Barnes adopted by the June 12 expanded leadership meeting to guide party work culminated several days of plenary talks, summary presentations, classes and discussions during the international…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023

July 6, 1998 The strike by 6,400 telephone workers in Puerto Rico against the sale of the state-owned Puerto Rico Telephone Company has become a lightning rod for working-class resistance and nationalist sentiment in this Caribbean nation, the largest U.S.…


Northstar workers strike over wages, insurance, disrespect

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023

BEDFORD PARK, Ill. — The 123 workers at Northstar Aerospace, members of the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America Local 14430, walked off the job June 5. The plant makes parts for Apache and Chinook military helicopters. “The…


Owens-Illinois strikers in Quebec hit insulting pay offer

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023
March in Montreal June 16 by supporters, United Steelworkers members on strike against Owens-Illinois plant there. Strikers are demanding a wage raise that keeps up with inflation.

MONTREAL — “Enough of being walked over, now we shall walk to them,” Eric Dumas, president of United Steelworkers Local 206-G, told 150 strikers and supporters June 16 before they set out on a march through the neighborhood of Pointe-St-Charles…


Refuse workers in London win pay raise after strike

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023

WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England — Refuse workers here and in Hatfield, towns north of London, returned to work June 23 after striking for better pay four days earlier. Employed by the waste-collection outfit Urbaser, more than 90 members of the…


Nurses in Oregon win gains in pay, break time, schedules

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023

BEND, Ore. — Nearly 100% of the Oregon Nurses Association membership at St. Charles Medical Center here voted to approve a new three-year contract after six months of negotiations. The union declared victory after winning substantial wage increases, making its…


New indictment of Trump is assault on political rights all workers need

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

Dealing serious blows to constitutional freedoms, President Joseph Biden is using his Justice Department to escalate the Democrats’ drive to destroy former President Donald Trump. For the first time ever, a sitting president — who is also a candidate for…


Rail unions: ‘Bosses drive for profits cause of derailments’

East Palestine protests demand health care, control
Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
East Palestine, Ohio, town hall meeting Feb. 15, 12 days after toxic train disaster. Residents are winning support of rail unionists in fight to gain control over cleanup, health care.

Working people in and around East Palestine, Ohio, refuse to be helpless victims. They’re organizing and protesting, demanding control over the ongoing cleanup and long-term health care following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern railroad derailment and release of toxic chemicals.…


CL campaign: ‘For solidarity with union battles today’

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Félix Vincent Ardea, Communist League candidate in Montreal, speaks at June 12 candidates’ debate. “Our campaign aims to help strengthen unions, struggles of workers, farmers,” he said.

MONTREAL — On June 16 Communist League candidate Félix Vincent Ardea, a Canadian National Railway freight conductor and Teamsters union member, and other CN Teamster members joined a 150-strong solidarity march of strikers and supporters of the 330 United Steelworkers…