HAMILTON, Ontario — Some 1,200 members of United Steelworkers Local 7135 went on strike at National Steel Car here Aug. 12 after rejecting the bosses’ concession contract proposal by 79%. The stakes in the fight are important for workers across…
On Sept. 16, the Trades Union Congress in the United Kingdom voted overwhelmingly for a motion to build solidarity with Ukrainian workers and unions in their resistance to Moscow’s “murderous war against the Ukrainian people.” In particular, the motion condemned…
Over the last three decades, Global Health Partners has sent some $280 million in vitally needed medical aid and equipment to Cuba to alleviate the impact of Washington’s brutal economic, trade and financial embargo on the country’s health system. This…
NEW YORK — Some 300 people attended a Sept. 12 commemoration here of the 1971 uprising and massacre at the Attica prison in upstate New York. The 55th anniversary event, held at the Schomburg Library in Harlem, was sponsored by…
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Some 150 doctors, including OB-GYNs, psychiatrists and critical care physicians at Allina’s Mercy Hospital here and its Unity campus in Fridley began a four-day strike Sept. 14 after three years of fighting to win their first…
October 1, 2001 Since Sept. 11, Washington has taken the sharpest moves in decades in militarizing the U.S., accelerated the assault on democratic rights and put the military on a war footing in preparation for a brutal assault on the…
Take advantage of a special sale of selected volumes of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels Collected Works from Pathfinder Press to expand your library! The special sale price is $15 for each volume. Held in storage for many years, these…
MINNEAPOLIS — Over 60 hospice care workers, members of SEIU Healthcare of Minnesota and Iowa, began a seven-day strike Sept. 11 against Allina Health. These nurses provide end-of-life care in patient homes, assisted living centers and other facilities. A spirited…
“Redefining Your Silhouette” is the innocuous-sounding way one hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, advertised taking a scalpel to women’s bodies. What they’re talking about is “rib remodeling,” an invasive medical procedure promising to give women of all ages an “hourglass figure,”…
MONTREAL — The federal Liberal Party government of Mark Carney is leading a new round of attacks against immigrant workers in Canada, with political leaders at all levels of government following its lead. These attacks are meeting significant opposition from…
