VANCOUVER, British Columbia — “The BCGEU’s strike action increased today, with workers walking off the job at 17 additional BC Liquor Stores across the province, as well as at the Ministry of Attorney General,” the British Columbia General Employees’ Union…
Members of the Socialist Workers Party are off to a solid start in the party’s fall propaganda and fund campaign, which runs from Sept. 20 to Nov. 18. They’re discussing the SWP’s response to today’s strike battles, capitalist economic crisis…
MONTREAL — After voting 96% to go on strike 11 days earlier, the 32 port agents at the Montreal Gateway Terminals here, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4317, walked out Sept. 22. This terminal specializes in…
MONTREAL — The Canadian government announced Sept. 26 it was further slashing door-to-door mail delivery and closing many of the country’s rural post offices to save money in an “existential” crisis. “In response to the Government’s attack on our postal…
ATLANTA — More than 400 Teamsters Local 25 members at waste-hauler Republic Services in the Boston area ended their hard-fought strike Sept. 19, ratifying a new contract by 92%. The union said the workers won a 46% wage increase over…
WASHINGTON — Supporters of Kilmar Abrego García and of the rights of immigrants in the U.S. will rally in Greenbelt, Maryland, before a U.S. District Court hearing on his fight for asylum Oct. 6. Abrego García, his family and supporters…
LONDON — A hundred people joined a Sept. 17 protest here called by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union and backed by other unions against changes made by the Labour government to visa-eligibility requirements. This poses the threat of…
SYDNEY — Over 2,000 members of the Jewish community rallied at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Sept. 7 to counter a provocative anti-Israel protest. “When the antisemites come here, to the area that has the largest Jewish population in New South Wales,…
LONDON — Dozens of Druze and their supporters held a protest here Aug. 30 to call attention to the situation they face in southern Syria, with murderous attacks against them, including by government forces. In English and Arabic, protesters called…
HOUSTON — Some 400 members of UNITE HERE Local 23 have been on strike at the city-owned Hilton Americas hotel here since Labor Day. They’ve now extended their strike, originally set for 10 days, through Oct. 12. One of their…
