Russian President Vladimir Putin is pursuing a murderous war on working people in cities all over Ukraine. At the same time, he willingly sacrifices thousands of Russian toilers in suicidal “meat grinder” attacks on Ukraine positions in the Donetsk region…
SAINT LEONARD — This borough of Montreal was particularly hard hit by flooding July 13 after severe thunderstorms dumped a month’s worth of rain on the area in a few hours. Montreal’s drainage system failed, leaving water to back up…
Oil workers at 50 refineries and offshore platforms in Iran took to the streets Aug. 4 demanding higher wages, benefits and job safety. Above, Pars Oil and Gas Company platform. In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and…
BOSTON — At a meeting here Aug. 3, members of Teamsters Local 25 voted by secret ballot to continue their strike against Republic Services by 93%. There are over 400 Teamsters on strike here. Republic is one of the largest…
American Labor Struggles: 1877-1934 by Samuel Yellen is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for August. The excerpt below is from “The railroad uprisings of 1877.” Known as the Great Strike, it was sparked by starvation wages and brutal…
This month marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. rulers’ atomic bomb slaughter of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 6-9, 1945, killing more than 200,000 men, women and children at the end of World War II. Tens of thousands more…
Solidarity from the labor movement and fellow workers is needed now for over 400 striking Teamsters at Republic Services and 3,200 International Association of Machinists members on strike at Boeing. Teamsters at Republic in Massachusetts, Illinois and Georgia, as well…
TACOMA PARK, Md. — Some 5,200 people from Cameroon living in the U.S. had their Temporary Protected Status revoked Aug. 4, ending their legal status, work authorization and protection from deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. TPS is discretionary…
August 14, 2000 SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. — “Sí se puede! 112 to 71! We won!” The meat packers at Dakota Premium Foods here had consolidated the gains of their previous struggles by voting for the union. The July 21…
Under growing pressure from Washington, the governments of Cambodia and Thailand signed a ceasefire July 28, after five days of deadly military clashes. The conflict is over longstanding, disputed borders imposed by the colonial rulers of France and the United…
