Persistent high prices amid bosses’ attacks on the unions have led to stagnating and declining wages, making it increasingly difficult for working-class households to make ends meet. One key issue is the huge cost of health coverage, which is putting…
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, Quebec — “We’ve been in a fight for better wages and conditions since Oct. 22,” Serge Grenier told this Militant worker-correspondent here Oct. 27. He’s the vice president of the bargaining unit of Unifor Local 700 at Autobus Venise,…
A broad, spirited and effective mobilization of over 1,000 people in Philadelphia pushed back an attempt by Hamas supporters to shutdown six restaurants that are owned by Jews Nov. 8. The resounding victory set a sorely needed example. It showed…
UNION CITY, N.J. — New Jersey state officials report that Joanne Kuniansky, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, got 27,432 votes, more than double the total she was credited with when she ran for governor in 2025 and…
Tens of thousands of garment workers walked off their jobs in Bangladesh Oct. 31 demanding a wage increase as the rising cost of living makes it impossible for them to provide for their families. With a minimum monthly salary of…
HAMILTON, Ontario — “We’re out here for the long haul,” United Steelworkers Local 7135 President Frank Crowder told the Militant on the picket line outside the National Steel Car plant Nov. 3. “We’re discussing how to reinforce the tent for…
On the heels of the U.S. midterm elections Nov. 3, the international campaign by the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom to win 1,150 new readers to the Militant and sell an equal number…
The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) issued an urgent appeal Nov. 4 urging the international trade union movement to take action against Moscow’s “ongoing aggression on Ukrainian workers, trade unions and civilian infrastructure.” After nearly five years…
MONTREAL — “We have an internationalist political program, and Betsy Farley’s participation on the panel tonight illustrates this,” Philippe Tessier, the Communist League candidate in the Dec. 7 federal by-election in the Montreal district of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, told a Militant…
