It’s been over two months since Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, and other nearby towns and rural areas. While the flood waters have receded, the social and economic catastrophe wrought by the storm continues to weigh on the lives…
BANDUNG, Indonesia — The impact on overseas Chinese communities of Beijing’s increased economic and military weight in Southeast Asia underpinned discussions at the 14th regional conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas held here Nov. 7-8. …
WREXHAM, North Wales — In a show of determination to win their fight for a union, hundreds of workers at the Oscar Mayer ready-meals factory here voted Nov. 21 by 97% to continue their strike. The 600 workers, members of…
MONTREAL — Bosses at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, a major hotel here, locked out its 600 unionized workers without warning Nov. 20. The workers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), had voted by over 90% to reject…
MONTREAL — Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) members at Prelco’s Montreal window-glass production plant voted by 96% to accept the company’s offer of a 21.5% raise Nov. 17. The new contract runs through September 2029. “At first, the company…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Starbucks Workers United union members and their supporters held a “practice picket” Dec. 7 outside a Starbucks store here demanding bosses finally sign a contract. Pickets shouted, “No contract, no coffee” and “What’s disgusting? Union busting,”…
SYDNEY — After 17 days on strike, Woolworths warehouse workers, members of the United Workers Union, won a victory, pushing back the company’s attempt to impose new speedup rules. More than 1,500 workers at three warehouses in Victoria and one…
The Algerian government has imprisoned prominent French Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal on charges of violating national security. The 75-year-old writer is an outspoken critic of reactionary Islamism, authoritarianism, and government attacks on freedom of expression. He was disappeared for a…
Tens of thousands of demonstrators continue to protest across Georgia after the pro-Moscow Georgian Dream government announced plans Nov. 28 to postpone talks on joining the European Union until at least 2028. Undeterred by brutal attacks from security forces, protesters…
On Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuba’s working people to victory, ousting the U.S.-backed military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. To mark that anniversary, we are featuring Cuba and the Coming American Revolution by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the…
