RIGAUD, Quebec — Some 500 farmers, their families and supporters from surrounding eastern Ontario and western Quebec rallied at a dairy farm here Sept. 19 to oppose a federal government plan to buy or expropriate farms to build a high-speed…
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Some 150 doctors, including OB-GYNs, psychiatrists and critical care physicians at Allina’s Mercy Hospital here and its Unity campus in Fridley began a four-day strike Sept. 14 after three years of fighting to win their first…
NEW YORK — Some 300 people attended a Sept. 12 commemoration here of the 1971 uprising and massacre at the Attica prison in upstate New York. The 55th anniversary event, held at the Schomburg Library in Harlem, was sponsored by…
Over the last three decades, Global Health Partners has sent some $280 million in vitally needed medical aid and equipment to Cuba to alleviate the impact of Washington’s brutal economic, trade and financial embargo on the country’s health system. This…
On Sept. 16, the Trades Union Congress in the United Kingdom voted overwhelmingly for a motion to build solidarity with Ukrainian workers and unions in their resistance to Moscow’s “murderous war against the Ukrainian people.” In particular, the motion condemned…
HAMILTON, Ontario — Some 1,200 members of United Steelworkers Local 7135 went on strike at National Steel Car here Aug. 12 after rejecting the bosses’ concession contract proposal by 79%. The stakes in the fight are important for workers across…
SAN FRANCISCO — Members of UNITE HERE Local 2 are fighting on several fronts in the San Francisco Bay Area. More than two dozen members of the union and their supporters leafleted around Ghirardelli Square here Sept. 16 to win…
LONDON — “Building strong unions and extending solidarity in labor battles is key,” Hanna Tesfay told Jonathan Silberman, the Communist League candidate in the Holborn and St. Pancras parliamentary by-election here, as they discussed a road forward for working people…
CHICAGO — Supporters of the Socialist Workers Party set up a large, well-stocked campaign table at the annual Printers Row Lit Fest in downtown Chicago Sept. 12-13. The table was crowded by people interested in reading about working-class struggles the…
SEATTLE — After a hard-fought 85-day strike against Embassy Suites by Hilton here, UNITE HERE Local 8 members ratified a new contract Sept. 10. It was the longest hotel strike in state history, the Seattle Times said. “A win for…
