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…
CINCINNATI — Ayman Soliman, who had served as a Muslim chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, walked out of Butler County Jail here on Sept. 19. After 72 days in immigration detention, the federal government dropped all charges against…
SEATTLE — Rashaad Ali, a 30-year member of the Socialist Workers Party, died Aug. 27 after battling illnesses for the last year. He was 78. A celebration of his life and political contributions to building the SWP took place here…
PITTSBURGH — Nurses at Magee-Womens Hospital led the Labor Day parade of thousands here Sept. 1. In mid-August they voted to join the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania by a vote of 402 to 305. The University of Pittsburgh…
PEABODY, Mass. — “Republic doesn’t care about the customers or the workers,” striker Afri Ituen told the Militant as he was finishing his shift on the Teamsters picket line here Sept. 13. When he’s working, Ituen’s job is to toss…
HOUSTON — After nine days on strike, 400 workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 23 who work at Hilton Americas-Houston here have extended their walkout through Sept. 20. The extension was announced as over 150 strikers and their supporters attended…
In a deliberate violation of Poland’s airspace, Moscow deployed 19 drones across that country’s border Sept. 9, during a broader assault on working people in Ukraine. Warplanes from the Netherlands and Poland, both members of the Washington-led NATO military alliance,…
ATLANTA — Nearly 100 workers who operate and maintain the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s Plane Train voted 56-24 to go union. The International Association of Machinists Rail Division and Transportation Communications Union/IAM announced the election results Aug. 20. The Plane…
In their drive to further boost already booming profits, health insurance bosses are jacking up monthly premiums by the most in 15 years, tightening the squeeze on working-class families as we confront a deepening capitalist economic crisis marked by high…
