PITTSBURGH — Over the last decade, black lung disease has been on the rise among U.S. coal miners, particularly in Appalachia. On Aug. 24, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described years of inaction by the Mine Safety and Health Administration in testing…
CHICAGO — Socialist Workers Party members from Chicago, Cincinnati and Minneapolis set up a well-stocked booth of books by party leaders and other revolutionaries at the Printers Row annual book fair here Sept. 6-7. It was often swamped with people…
MANILA, Philippines — Tens of thousands of people crowded into the SMX Convention Center here Sept. 10-14 for this year’s Manila International Book Fair. Workers and students came from this capital city of over 15 million and from all across…
Moscow’s murderous war on the Ukrainian people has deliberately targeted working people in urban and rural areas, killing thousands. Members of Ukraine’s trade unions make up a significant part of the volunteer military forces on the front lines. At the…
The bourgeois liberal press, like the New York Times, claims there is a widespread famine in Gaza caused by Israel as part of its “genocide” against the Palestinian people, and that Israel is prolonging the war to keep Prime Minister…
Some 4,000 workers at the Arak Aluminum Company in Iran’s Markazi province have ended 43 days of hunger strikes, sit-ins and other protests demanding better wages and work conditions. The hard-fought battle was closely watched by workers across Iran. The…
DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Honks and waves from drivers passing by show the widespread solidarity with striking workers picketing at the Pace Industries manufacturing plant here. Over 200 workers at the plant, members of Laborers’ International Union of North America…
The statement below was sent by the SWP campaign in Minneapolis to the Minnesota Star Tribune and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas Sept. 1. On October 7, 2023, Hamas, backed by the counterrevolutionary regime in…
EVENDALE, Ohio — “We are more unified now than ever. We’re getting union and community support. Last week Sean O’Brien, international president of the Teamsters union, joined our picket line,” Don Luknis, second shift safety committee person of United Auto…
Hundreds of Teamsters members on strike against Republic Services, one of the largest trash-hauling companies in the U.S., are determined to continue to fight to win better wages and health insurance. More than 400 workers in the Boston area, along…
