MONTREAL — The Canadian Industrial Relations Board Aug. 9 finally lifted its three-month-long suspension of the right to a work stoppage by either the Teamsters union or the rail bosses, saying it posed “no immediate and serious danger” to public…
“We’re going out. Oct. 1 we’re going out, they’re not talking,” Anthony Bailey, a longshore worker, told Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president, outside the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1416 hall in Miami Aug. 11. Some…
SYDNEY — A major union-busting attack on the national construction workers union is underway here, with Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt announcing Aug. 9 he plans to rush through a threatened new law to impose government “administration” on the union.…
From longshoremen in the U.S. to rail workers in Canada, hotel workers in Los Angeles to park workers in Minneapolis, flight attendants who’ve gone years without a new contract to independent truckers hit by rising costs, more and more working…
While preparing to defend Jews and all Israelis from new attacks threatened by Tehran and its “axis of resistance,” Israeli troops continue to deal blows to Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The destruction of Tehran-backed Hamas’ command structures…
Since the Democrats unceremoniously pushed aside incumbent President Joseph Biden as their 2024 candidate and anointed Kamala Harris to replace him, they’ve made significant progress stabilizing their party and presenting a new political image. Donald Trump has united the Republicans,…
Minnesota: Thousands hear the SWP campaign program MINNEAPOLIS — “No offense, but how are you guys going to change things?” Steven Lutchen, a truck driver, asked Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, at a Hmong Farmers Market…
COVENTRY, England — Workers at the giant Amazon warehouse in this Midlands city narrowly failed to win union recognition by just 28 votes, getting 49.5%. “We see the outcome as a stepping stone toward Amazon recognizing the union,” Darren Westwood,…
MINNEAPOLIS — Chanting, “I don’t know what you’ve been told, Delta’s greed is getting old” and “Close the gap and it’s a wrap,” 40 flight attendants and their supporters rallied at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport July 31. These members…
August 30, 1999 SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — An estimated 1,200 farmers organized convoys of farm vehicles, tractors, combines, and grain trucks along Saskatchewan highways Aug. 2, causing traffic delays of several hours. Farmers wanted to draw attention to the severe crisis…
