160,000 actors join Writers Guild in nationwide strike

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023
Some 160,000 members of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike July 13, joining Writers Guild of America members who struck May 2.

LOS ANGELES — A spirited picket of 300 actors and writers carried signs and chanted outside Netflix’s office here July 17. Daily protests are being held outside major studios across Southern California, the heart of the movie industry. Actions are…


Teamsters ‘practice picketing’ as UPS contract expiration nears

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Teamsters at UPS warehouse in Riverside, California, join in July 6 “just practicing” picket and rally in preparation for potential strike when old contract for 340,000 workers expires July 31

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — With a July 31 contract expiration date looming, and after a breakdown in negotiations with the company, Teamster union members are stepping up “practice picketing” actions in preparation for a possible strike by over 340,000 UPS workers…


California hotel workers strike over pay, workload

Fight for ability to raise families, to end E-Verify
Vol. 87/No. 26 - July 17, 2023
Thousands of striking hotel workers, mainly women, marched July 4 in Los Angeles, above, and in Santa Monica. Members of UNITE HERE are demanding an immediate $5 hourly wage raise.

LOS ANGELES — A spirited rally of 2,000 hotel workers took place on July 4 in downtown Los Angeles. Another was held in Santa Monica. Two days earlier hundreds picketed in front of the Intercontinental Hotel here They chanted “Únete.…



Special ‘Militant’ ‘tax rebate’ fund donations hit $5,020

Vol. 86/No. 45 - December 5, 2022

“Enclosed is a check for $700 for the Militant. We appreciate the invitation made in the paper to contribute California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s contemptuous bribe aimed at corralling some votes for the Democrats in the 2022 election.” This note came…


Donate your California gas-tax rebate to the ‘Militant’

Vol. 86/No. 43 - November 21, 2022

Workers are being hard hit by soaring prices for food, gas, rents, medical expenses and more. The Militant newspaper — which fighting workers and trade unionists depend on for clarity on politics and as a guide to action — is…


Donate your California gas-tax rebate to the ‘Militant’

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

Workers are being hard hit by soaring prices for food, gas, rents, medical expenses and more. The Militant newspaper — which fighting workers and trade unionists depend on for clarity on politics and as a guide to action — is…


Donate California gas tax rebate to the ‘Militant’!

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

LOS ANGELES — “I haven’t received the $350 in my bank account yet, but I am sending that amount to the Militant now in anticipation of getting it,” Los Angeles area resident Pat Nixon said Oct. 18. “The Militant is…


Donate California gas rebate checks to the ‘Militant’

Vol. 86/No. 39 - October 24, 2022

LOS ANGELES — “We welcome the proposal from readers of the Militant in California to organize to contribute the state gas rebate payments they’re starting to get to the Militant,” said editor John Studer in an Oct. 10 interview. “This…


California SWP: ‘Back port truckers! For a labor party’

Vol. 86/No. 29 - August 8, 2022

LOS ANGELES — Joel Britton, Socialist Workers Party candidate for California governor, spoke about opportunities to expand the reach of the party and its program to working people at a Militant Labor Forum here July 23. Also speaking was Phil…