MIAMI — Nearly 200 members of UNITE HERE Local 355 marched in the rain and rallied outside the LSG Sky Chef catering facility near Miami International Airport to back workers’ demand for an immediate raise to $20 an hour. Union…
MINNEAPOLIS — A rally was held on July 14 at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport by Delta Air Lines workers in a number of crafts fighting for a union. The action was organized by a coalition of ramp workers wanting to be…
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — At the street fair going on here, Nancy Felger, a retired health care worker and former shop steward of her Service Employees International Union local, told Socialist Workers Party member Candace Wagner that she heard that…
MINNEAPOLIS — Two events took place Feb. 3 that highlight the importance and potential of rail workers’ continuing fight for safety and a decent living, including schedules that allow for a life off the job for family, union building and…
ST. PAUL PARK, Minn. — Teamsters Local 120 members are in their fifth month picketing 24/7 at the Marathon Petroleum oil refinery here. They were locked out by the bosses Jan. 22 after a one day strike in a fight…
MINNEAPOLIS — Supporters of Socialist Workers Party candidates Doug Nelson for mayor and David Rosenfeld for City Council in Ward 12 here had a successful weekend June 5-6 campaigning with workers on their doorsteps and collecting signatures to put Nelson…
MINNEAPOLIS — A jury here convicted fired cop Derek Chauvin on all charges April 20 for the killing of George Floyd last May. After two days of deliberation the jury unanimously found Chauvin guilty of second- and third-degree murder and…
MINNEAPOLIS — Doug Nelson, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, and SWP campaign supporters have been fanning out, bringing solidarity to labor battles, speaking out against police brutality and exchanging views with workers on their doorsteps about the…
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — In response to the police killing of Daunte Wright here, thousands of people joined a 30-minute candlelight vigil April 12 organized by Wright’s family at the intersection where he died. The family set the protest to…
MINNEAPOLIS — As the state prosecution in the trial of fired police officer Derek Chauvin comes to an end, damning testimony by prosecution witnesses — including the Minneapolis police chief, the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy, and other officials…
