‘We won!’ Philadelphia Sheraton hotel workers strike makes gains

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026
UNITE HERE Local 274 members celebrate June 29 contract victory after nine-day strike at Sheraton Philadelphia won higher “pattern” pay, health, pension coverage, lower workload.

PHILADELPHIA — “We won! We won!” chanted UNITE HERE Local 274 members who work at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown hotel, after Local President Rosslyn Wuchinich announced a tentative deal for some 200 workers at their strike headquarters June 29. They…


Protests hit new Supreme Court blow to TPS for Haitians in US

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026
Union-sponsored rally north of Miami Jan. 28. Protests also took place in Springfield, Ohio, elsewhere against Supreme Court ruling allowing government to end TPS for Haitians, Syrians.

Hundreds demonstrated in defense of continuing Temporary Protected Status for refugees from Haiti in Springfield, Ohio, and other cities following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling June 25. The decision says President Donald Trump’s administration has the right, as the executive…


US, Tehran seek Mideast deal as Israel defends its very existence

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026
Underground Hezbollah drone factory found by Israeli soldiers June 18 in southern Lebanon.

After another round of drone and airstrikes and counterstrikes, the U.S. and Iranian governments sent representatives to Qatar to seek negotiations June 30. Having dealt big blows to Tehran’s military in repeated missile and drone attacks beginning in February, the…


Protests call for end to oil blockade, threats on Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026
Over 60 people picketed Federal Post Office in New York June 27 demanding “U.S. hands off Cuba!” in action called by Cuba Sí NY/NJ coalition. Similar protests are taking place elsewhere.

NEW YORK — Some 60 people protested outside the main federal post office in midtown Manhattan here June 27 to demand the U.S. government end its brutal economic blockade of Cuba. This was the third picket this year organized by…