Month: November 2024

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund: Sept. 21 – November 19 (week seven)

Ottawa orders dockworkers back to work, into binding arbitration

MONTREAL — Within days of the port bosses locking out some 1,900 unionized longshore workers in British Columbia and Quebec, the government responded to cries by boss associations across the country to act and stepped in Nov. 12, ordering the…

Solidarity with food workers strike in U.K. for union rights

WREXHAM, North Wales — Several hundred Unite union members at Oscar Mayer rallied here Nov. 8, one of almost daily actions marking their determination to win their nine-week strike.  The walkout began after the large majority East European workforce was…

Dallas Black dancers fight firings for joining union

DALLAS — On Nov. 9 fired dancers and 65 supporters picketed at the Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s performances put on with nonunion replacements. In May when the dancers voted to join the American Guild of Musical Artists union, the theatre…

UAW holds first strike ever at Georgia automotive parts plant

LITHONIA, Ga. — “We’re striking for better pay and benefits and against unfair treatment by supervisors,” Myra Williams, a union representative for United Auto Workers Local 472, told these Militant  worker-correspondents outside the Woodbridge Corp. plant here Nov. 8. “Safety…

Brampton city workers strike for higher wages, improved schedules

BRAMPTON, Ontario — Some 1,200 city workers, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 831, went on strike here Nov. 7. “Bargaining began on March 31, but there has been little progress,” union President Fabio Gazzola told CBC.  He said the…

25, 50, and 75 years ago

November 22, 1999 For the eighth consecutive year the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution condemning the U.S. government’s nearly 40-year-old embargo against Cuba. The tally of the vote: 155 governments in favor, 2 opposed (Washington…

Thousands of hotel strikers rally in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — “What do we want? Contract!” 2,000 hotel workers chanted Oct. 30 as they marched around Union Square, home to many of the city’s big hotels. The action ended with a sit-in on the cable car tracks outside…

SWP in final weeks of ‘Militant,’ books, party fund drive

CHICAGO — In the final week before the vote for the U.S. presidency, Socialist Workers Party members continued to find interest in and support for the party’s working-class program and course. They’re taking steps toward successfully completing the eight-week campaign…

Eaton Aerospace workers keep up strike over pay, pensions

JACKSON, Mich. — The 525 members of United Auto Workers Local 475 remain on the picket line at Eaton Aerospace here, after rejecting a second contract proposal more than a month into their strike. “The new pay offer was only…