Seventy-three years ago Fidel Castro led an armed attack aimed at seizing the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks of the U.S.-backed Fulgencio Batista dictatorship in Cuba. Although the July 26, 1953, assault failed, it set in motion a…
In Puerto Rico thousands marched over 5 miles from Old San Juan to the U.S. Federal Courthouse July 18 united in calling for Puerto Rican independence from U.S. colonial rule. Solidarity marches took place in Orlando, Florida; Minneapolis; and Worcester,…
FORT MORGAN, Colo. — Despite temperatures near 100 degrees, Teamsters Local 455 members continue to picket for a decent wage increase and in protest of Cargill’s lockout at its beef slaughterhouse here. The lockout of 1,700 workers began May 20…
Amid daily U.S. airstrikes against hundreds of targets in Iran, answered by drone and missile attacks by Tehran against U.S. bases in the region, Washington and the Iranian regime are once again talking about a possible ceasefire, one to last…
Growing assaults on immigrants by government immigration cops sharply pose the need for the unions to lead a fight for amnesty for all workers in the U.S. without papers. This is the road to end their pariah status, unify the…
PITTSBURGH — After fruitless attempts to negotiate with bosses at the Heidelberg Materials plant here and harassment of union supporters, the 11 concrete ready-mix drivers, members of Teamsters Local 249, went on strike July 7. The ink was barely dry…
CENTER CITY, Minn. — Some 60 nurses in their red Minnesota Nurses Association shirts came out in 90 degree heat to march and rally on a highway outside the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation July 15. John Ewaldt, the union negotiator,…
MANCHESTER, England — Workers at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel held a series of one-day strikes beginning June 30. Some 20 bar and restaurant workers here, members of the Unite union, are fighting for union recognition. They’re also fighting to end…
MONTREAL — As of July 18 there were some 955 wildfires across Canada, the majority of them burning out of control, the Wildland Fire Information System reported. This includes 190 in northern Ontario. Dangerous smoke clouds have blanketed Canadian cities…
C&H Sugar is owned by the American Sugar Refining Group, a $4 billion company and the world’s largest refiner of cane sugar. It was founded by Alfonso and José Fanjul, brothers who fled Cuba in 1959 after the revolution. The…
