PHILADELPHIA — Union hotel and hospitality workers picketed for a new contract at the downtown Sheraton hotel July 23. UNITE HERE Local 274 is demanding a contract covering workers at eight of the city’s hotels. They’re currently working under a…
SWP on Minneapolis ballot! ‘Oppose rulers’ drive to war’ Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Minneapolis Kevin Dwire was certified on the ballot July 31. Dwire and campaign supporters turned in petitions with 725 signatures, well over the 500…
Under growing pressure from Washington, the governments of Cambodia and Thailand signed a ceasefire July 28, after five days of deadly military clashes. The conflict is over longstanding, disputed borders imposed by the colonial rulers of France and the United…
TACOMA PARK, Md. — Some 5,200 people from Cameroon living in the U.S. had their Temporary Protected Status revoked Aug. 4, ending their legal status, work authorization and protection from deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. TPS is discretionary…
This month marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. rulers’ atomic bomb slaughter of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 6-9, 1945, killing more than 200,000 men, women and children at the end of World War II. Tens of thousands more…
BOSTON — At a meeting here Aug. 3, members of Teamsters Local 25 voted by secret ballot to continue their strike against Republic Services by 93%. There are over 400 Teamsters on strike here. Republic is one of the largest…
SAINT LEONARD — This borough of Montreal was particularly hard hit by flooding July 13 after severe thunderstorms dumped a month’s worth of rain on the area in a few hours. Montreal’s drainage system failed, leaving water to back up…
Nurses in all of Nigeria’s public hospitals launched a seven-day strike July 30, demanding higher pay, safer working conditions and the hiring of more nurses. The 25,000-member National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives called the action after the government…
Two videos released by Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad are the latest gruesome proof of why Israel must defeat and destroy the Tehran-backed group. In the videos the Jew-hating thugs proudly show the barbaric affects of their nearly two…
August 14, 2000 SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. — “Sí se puede! 112 to 71! We won!” The meat packers at Dakota Premium Foods here had consolidated the gains of their previous struggles by voting for the union. The July 21…
