United flight attendants rally across US for new contract

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
United flight attendants rally across US for new contract

NEWARK, N.J. — Some 75 United Airlines flight attendants, members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and their supporters joined a spirited action at Newark Liberty International Airport here March 19. It was part of nearly 20 actions at airports…


UK refuse workers strike wins support

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, England — Some 400 refuse workers, members of Unite the Union, are on strike here at three City Council-run depots. Pickets walk slowly in front of refuse trucks as they leave the depots, slowing down the bosses’ strikebreaking efforts.…


Hotel workers locked out in Montreal

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

MONTREAL — Some 600 workers at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), have been locked out here since Nov. 20. This is the largest hotel in Quebec, with 950 rooms. Since the…


SWP introduces candidates, ‘Militant,’ books to working people

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
Eric Simpson, SWP candidate for mayor of Oakland, California, is interviewed by KQED public media reporter Alex Hall at candidates’ panel at the Allen Temple Baptist Church March 8.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party spring campaign to introduce working people to the party’s 2025 candidates, expand the readership of the Militant, get out books on revolutionary working-class politics, and raise contributions to the Militant Fighting Fund gets…


Montreal forum: ‘Workers in US, Canada have same class interests’

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
Philippe Tessier, left, a Teamster rail worker and Communist League candidate for Parliament in Montreal, speaks with Elijah Moulin, one of 600 strikers at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel Feb. 15. Militant Labor Forum here discussed workers’ struggles in Canada and U.S.

MONTREAL — “Workers have the same interests in the U.S., Canada and around the world. We need to stand against Washington and Ottawa’s efforts to use their tariff confrontation to line us up behind them and against each other,” Craig…


Build solidarity with San Jose transit workers strike

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As they enter their second week on strike, over 1,500 bus drivers, light-rail operators, mechanics and office workers here, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, continue to maintain strong picket lines in their fight against…


Oppose use of witch-hunt law to deport Mahmoud Khalil!

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

The move by Washington to deport Mahmoud Khalil is based on witch-hunt laws put on the books to target communists and other opponents of capitalism’s exploitation, oppression and wars. It should be opposed by working people. Khalil, a former student…


Massive action in Belgrade topples government

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

Over 100,000 demonstrators poured into the streets of Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, March 15, capping four months of protests sparked by a train station’s roof collapse in the city of Novi Sad Nov. 1 that killed 15 people. Accusations of widespread…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

March 27, 2000 At the Barakova Mine in Ukraine, 81 miners were killed March 11 in one of the republic’s deadliest mining disasters. In addition to those killed, four escaped and several more were injured. Some 200 others escaped other…


Victory! Ban on ‘Militant’ in Florida prisons is overturned

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

Victory! The Militant was informed March 19 that the ban on its issue no. 2 in Florida prisons has been overturned. “On March 6, 2025, the Literature Review Committee decided to overturn the impoundment of The Militant, Vol. 89, No.…