Year: 2026

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, Fighting Fund: March 14 – May 12 (week seven)

Chicago school lunchroom workers rally for a contract

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…

SEIU nursing home workers in Minnesota strike for higher pay

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…

Montreal cleaning products workers strike over wages, jobs

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…

Fight to defend TPS for Haitians, Syrians debated at Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Several hundred defenders of the rights of immigrants, trade unionists and others rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court here April 29, protesting moves by the federal government to terminate Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti and Syria.…

25, 50, and 75 years ago

May 7, 2001 The grotesque spectacle being prepared by the Bush administration for the execution of Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, is part of the rulers’ effort to divide the…

Support builds for striking Metro workers in Montreal

MONTREAL — Striking workers at the giant Metro supermarket chain here continue to win support for their fight for a better contract. The Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), their union, has condemned Metro bosses for using contract drivers as…

As immigration soars in EU, rulers seek to exploit new labor

The number of immigrants living in the European Union hit a total of more than 64 million in 2025, a record high, as millions of working people seek a better life in the face of the wars and social disasters…

Militant Fighting Fund indispensable for putting paper out

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…

Pathfinder booth at Bogotá book fair draws attention

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…