SEATTLE — Over 100 Embassy Suites Pioneer Square hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 8, went on strike here June 18. The next day a spirited rally marked Juneteenth — a holiday that began when Union soldiers entered Texas…
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Pathfinder Press had its books on display for the first time at the Bogotá International Book Fair from April 21 to May 4. This major Latin American book event was attended by over 560,000 participants, with more…
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…
SEATTLE — The Starbucks Workers United union continues to mount strike picket lines Monday to Friday at three stores in this area and in cities across the country. The strike began at 120 stores Nov. 13, hitting the company in…
SEATAC, Wash. — Some 100 SkyChef airport food preparation workers, members of the UNITE HERE union, and their supporters rallied at the airport here Aug. 7, above, part of a National Day of Action. Overall, some 10,000 SkyChef workers are…
RENTON, Wash. — The 33,000 Machinists at Boeing voted Oct. 23 on a third contract offer from Boeing. It includes a 35% pay hike over four years, a $7,000 ratification bonus and an increase in the company’s contribution to the…
Fruit joins Boeing picket, builds support for strike SEATTLE — “We’re out here, not for me, but for my son” and other younger hires, Tom Brown, a striking Boeing worker told Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for president,…
RENTON, Wash. — “Solidarity really works,” David Forsythe, a retired engineer at Boeing, told the Militant on the picket line here Sept. 27. “This is one of those rare instances in life when you have a chance to do the…
SEATTLE — Bosses at Boeing took what they called their “best and final” offer directly to 33,000 striking workers in an attempt to go around their union, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 751 and District W24.…
RENTON, Wash. — A major showdown has erupted between some 33,000 workers, organized by International Association of Machinists District Lodge 751, and Boeing, one of two major producers of commercial airplanes worldwide. The Machinists shut down production Sept. 13 after…
