LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The labor movement in this area and around the country continues to organize to step forward to defend immigrant fellow workers from the threat of deportation. In Maryland the SMART union has been a key part of…
Moscow launched its largest missile and drone strikes on Ukraine in almost a year April 24, killing 12 people in their homes in Kyiv and injuring 87. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is focusing on daily attacks on civilians, ignoring…
NEW YORK — As the homeless population here reaches record levels, growing numbers have jobs but still can’t afford a place to live. About one-third of families living in shelters include at least one working adult, the April 8 New…
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — Tens of thousands participated in the 17th Erbil International Book Fair April 9-19. The event took place amid sharpening national struggles, class conflicts and wars across the Middle East and worldwide. The book fair itself…
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — “Cosmetics, Fashion, and the Exploitation of Women helps us understand how the capitalist system that dominates the world today turns not only cosmetics but all economic and social relations into commodities,” said Catharina Tirsén…
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Now in their fourth week on strike against the airport catering company Flying Food Group, 43 Teamsters Local 2785 drivers and helpers here are in a tough fight. “We’re not giving up, we are still…
MINNEAPOLIS — On April 15 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 at the Cub Northside grocery store here organized an informational picket line to bring awareness to the contract issues they face. Local 663 members who work…
ELIZABETH, Ind. — More than 140 workers, members of Teamsters Local 89, went on strike April 14 against Caesars Southern Indiana hotel and casino here. Their contract expired in March. “We work holidays and weekends, and this job takes away…
LONDON — A three-day conference on “Contemporary Antisemitism” drew 400 academics and others from 20 countries here March 29-April 1. It was the largest such event since the murderous pogrom by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. The event featured plenary…
