On Oct. 1, tens of thousands of members of the International Longshoremen’s Association on the East and Gulf coasts joined 33,000 Boeing workers on strike, labor battles with big stakes for all working people. These fights need organized backing by…
Cuba is the one country in the world with a government that mobilizes the power of its working people to combat the effects of hurricanes and other natural disasters. In sharp contrast to Washington, it uses all the resources of…
On Sept. 26 two editors became the first journalists in Hong Kong convicted and sentenced on sedition charges for their news reporting under the city’s draconian new national security laws. The rulers in Beijing continue to tighten their repressive grip…
October 18, 1999 Working people and all supporters of democratic rights have an obligation to speak out in defense of free speech and against censorship, in face of New York City Hall’s threat to cut funding and take other punitive…
Postal worker: ‘Thanks!’ As a member of the American Postal Workers Union, I want to extend my sincere gratitude to the Militant for carrying a notice about our National Day of Action on Oct. 1. Aside from the sales associates…
KANATA, Ontario — More than 40 Unifor Local 1541 members at Best Theratronics, a nuclear facility that manufactures medical equipment here, have been on strike since May 1. A key issue is higher wages. Union members rejected an offer by…
SYDNEY — Nurses and midwives in New South Wales public hospitals went on a 24-hour strike Sept. 24 as they stepped up their campaign for a new union contract, including an immediate 15% wage increase. Over 10,000 marched and rallied…
After a two-week strike, auto parts workers at BorgWarner in Lansing, New York, overwhelmingly voted up an improved contract offer Sept. 21. The over 700 members of Teamsters Local 317 voted 539-60 to accept a four-year agreement that increased wages…
MONTREAL — “I have a straightforward, realistic program — workers in our millions should take power into our hands,” Dennis Richter, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, told 32 people at a Militant Labor Forum here Sept. 28.…
