MONTREAL — Some 130 workers at the Lavo plant here, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) voted by 97% March 26 to go out on strike the next day. The plant makes well-known cleaning products such as…
ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Some 300 nursing home workers here, members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa, went on a three-day strike April 20-22 at five Monarch Healthcare Management facilities in the Twin Cities area. The action included a rally April…
CHICAGO — Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers and their supporters rallied downtown here April 23 protesting the lack of progress toward a new contract after 11 months of negotiations. Along with lunchroom workers, organized by UNITE HERE Local…
With $111,741 collected toward the annual Militant Fighting Fund, supporters of the fund are stepping up efforts to take the $165,000 goal over the top in the remaining two weeks of the campaign. The Militant accepts no paid advertising and…
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A Pathfinder Press booth was set up here at the Bogotá International Book Fair, one of the largest in Latin America, being held April 21-May 4. Last year’s book fair drew some 570,000 visitors. Popular titles in…
HAVANA — I first met Eulogio Rodríguez Millares in 2008 when he was Cuba’s consul in Monterrey, Mexico. He was accompanying Armando Hart, one of the historic leaders of the Cuban Revolution, on a weeklong speaking tour. Hart addressed hundreds…
WHITING, Ind. — Two groups of workers, both members of the United Steelworkers union, have been fighting boss lockouts in Indiana — refinery workers at British Petroleum here and utility workers at the Northern Indiana Public Services Company. They continue…
In cities, towns and rural areas, Socialist Workers Party candidates and members are campaigning against the U.S. rulers’ wars in the Middle East and their assaults on workers at home. Discussion about how working people can fight against these attacks…
OSLO, Norway — “On behalf of the Cape Verde Organization here in Oslo — Welcome!” Danny Venancio Soares said as he opened a meeting here April 22 to present Pathfinder Press’ newest book, Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau…
