Food workers strike Aramark in Philadelphia over wages, benefits

Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024
Hundreds of Aramark food service workers who staff concessions at stadiums and arenas in South Philadelphia hold one-day strike April 9 demanding better wages, health care.

PHILADELPHIA — Hundreds of exuberant food service workers at the Wells Fargo Center here went on a one-day strike April 9 against their boss, Aramark. The workers staff concession stands at Philadelphia Flyers, 76ers and Wings games, as well as…


South Korea truckers end 16-day-long strike

Vol. 87/No. 1 - January 2, 2023
Thousands of South Korean owner-operators went on strike.

Striking South Korean owner-operator truck drivers, members of the Korean Federation of Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union, Truckers Solidarity Division, voted Dec. 9 to end their 16-day walkout. Thousands of truckers had gone on strike Nov. 24, seeking financial…


South Korean truckers strike for living wage, safety

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Hundreds of the 25,000 striking unionized truckers march in Uiwang, South Korea, Nov. 24, one of 16 nationwide rallies that day. South Korean government is trying to force them back to work. Signs demand a guaranteed minimum rate, safer working conditions.

Some 25,000 owner-operator truck drivers in South Korea kicked off their second major strike in less than six months Nov. 24, affecting manufacturing, construction and fuel supplies in the world’s 10th-largest economy. Cement-truck drivers joining the action face a government…


Statue to honor Korean women forced into brothels by Tokyo

Vol. 86/No. 44 - November 28, 2022
Kim Bok-dong in April 2014 touches Statue of Peace, a memorial to victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, at City Hall Plaza in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province, in South Korea.

PHILADELPHIA — Some 30 people came to see a movie on the life of Kim Bok-dong, a Korean “comfort woman” and human rights activist, Oct. 30. They also discussed the decision of the Philadelphia Art Commission to approve the installation…


Verdict for Amtrak engineer is victory for workers

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

PHILADELPHIA — It took less than 90 minutes March 4 for a Philadelphia jury to find Brandon Bostian, the engineer during the 2015 Amtrak derailment where eight people died and more than 200 were injured, not guilty of all charges…


Parents protest asbestos threat in Philadelphia schools

Vol. 84/No. 5 - February 10, 2020

PHILADELPHIA — On the way home after work Jan. 17, I drove past a demonstration of parents, teachers and students from McClure Elementary School a few blocks from my row house. They were protesting elevated levels of asbestos at the…


Erie UE strike ends, Wabtec bosses agree to negotiations

Fight continues against bosses’ cutback demands
Vol. 83/No. 12 - March 25, 2019
Feb. 26 picket in Erie, Pa. With broad support, 1,700 members of United Electrical Workers struck against deep concessions imposed by Wabtec. Agreement suspends cuts for 90 days.

ERIE, Pa. — A nine-day strike at the former GE Transportation plant here ended March 6 after a 90-day deal was reached to hold contract negotiations. Bosses at Wabtec — Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. — which took over GE…