On the Picket Line

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Vol. 88/No. 47

December 16, 2024

On the Picket Line

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San Francisco hotel workers expand hard-fought strike

SAN FRANCISCO — While new, improved contracts have been won this fall by striking hotel workers across the country, here they are still on strike. Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt bosses are playing hardball, demanding an inferior medical plan for new…

New South Wales hospital nurses rally in fight for new contract

SYDNEY — Some 400 nurses, members of the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association, marched on the Ramsay Health Care company’s annual meeting here Nov. 26 to press their demands for a 20% pay raise over three years and…

Airport kitchen workers fight for more pay, end sexual harassment

LOS ANGELES — “It’s been two years without a contract. We’ve met with the company twice but they won’t give us what we deserve,” Gary Duplesses, a cook at Flying Food Group, organized by UNITE HERE Local 11 here, told…

Teachers strikes in Massachusetts make gains, set powerful example

BOSTON — Striking teachers in three North Shore cities are back at work, ending two and half weeks of walkouts involving over 1,400 workers. Substantial gains were won in pay and parental leave by the three unions. To do so,…

Thousands of oil workers step up protests in Iran

Hundreds of oil workers marched to the offices of the Gachasaran Oil and Gas Exploitation Company in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Nov. 24. They demanded the right to unionize, protest and “organize freely without retaliation.” They also called for the…

In This Issue

Front Page Articles

Israel’s blows to Hezbollah open space for toilers in Middle East
Protest Canadian gov't plans to deport immigrant workers
Deepening wars and int'l rivalries overshadow UN ‘climate’ talks
Teachers strikes in Massachusetts make gains, set powerful example
French rulers face setbacks at home, in Africa as capitalist crisis deepens
‘Hello there. I’m an algorithm. I’m here to decide your rent’

Feature Articles

Stalinist ‘Popular Front Against Fascism’ only leads to disaster

Also In This Issue

Putin threatens to turn Kyiv, Ukrainian people ‘into dust’
Mass protests against Moscow’s interference break out in Georgia
Protests, strikes force end to martial law in South Korea
Thousands of oil workers step up protests in Iran
Court convicts Canada ‘Freedom Convoy’ leader
Celebrate political contributions of Karen Ray

Editorials

The potential power of the working class

On the Picket Line

San Francisco hotel workers expand hard-fought strike
New South Wales hospital nurses rally in fight for new contract
Airport kitchen workers fight for more pay, end sexual harassment
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