Thousands of retired teachers, many coming from other cities, joined a march along a busy street in Tehran to Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, Nov. 20, above, demanding an increase in their pensions. It was one of the largest labor protests…
Workers in rail, shipping, public transportation and construction, at hospitals, schools and elsewhere, joined a general strike across Greece Nov. 20 to protest soaring prices, unaffordable rents and low wages. The one-day action was called by a number of unions.…
CHICAGO — Two weeks after two Jewish students at DePaul University were attacked by masked thugs, 50 supporters rallied with the students at the spot of the attack Nov. 21 in front of the student center on the Lincoln Park…
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 500 workers walked off the job at the Marriott Marquis downtown here Nov. 24, bringing to six the number of hotels now on strike. Some 2,500 UNITE HERE Local 2 members are walking the picket…
Persistently high prices and growing employer attacks are increasing the difficulties workers and our families face. It’s harder today to find steady work with livable wages and meet the costs of our housing, health care, child care and other essentials.…
A special concert in Paris Nov. 18 featuring renowned classical pianists Grigory Sokolov and Sergei Babayan was held in honor of Pavel Kushnir. A brilliant young piano soloist, he died in July in jail in Russia’s remote Far East after…
MONTREAL — As they head into their third week on strike, morale of members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers picketing at hundreds of Canada Post locations across the country is high. “On the line here, people talk a…
BEVERLY, Mass. — Beverly and Marblehead teachers have been involved in strikes over higher pay, more and better-paid teachers’ aides, longer parental leave, and improved conditions in the schools. Public employees strikes are illegal in Massachusetts, and punitive escalating fines…
For years the rulers in Germany have used their domination of the European Union to enrich themselves on the backs of working people, especially by squeezing their weaker rivals in Greece, Italy and the rest of southern Europe. But today…
Members of the Socialist Workers Party and of the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the U.K. have gone over the top on their quotas in the fall party-building campaign! In the weeks after the U.S. election, party members continued…
