NEWARK, Calif. — “No contract, no salt!” chanted members of Teamsters Local 853 picketing at Cargill Salt in the Bay Area where they’ve been on strike since Aug. 11. Two months of negotiations have failed to produce an agreement between…
NEW YORK — More than 125 people marched in the Bronx here Aug. 16 demanding independence for Puerto Rico. Thousands marched in similar actions in Puerto Rico and cities in the U.S. over the last month. Speakers pointed to the…
DALLAS — Ten members of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre troupe were fired Aug. 9, 2024, after they joined the American Guild of Musical Artists, a union that represents dancers. They launched a fight, including mounting popular protests at shows…
Like battles against Jim Crow segregation across the South and elsewhere, the 1963-64 struggle in Cambridge, Maryland, was marked by the courage of its participants standing up to cops, racist mobs and the National Guard. It was also marked by…
Over 1,700 members of Teamsters Local 455 who work at the Cargill meat processing plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, voted by a large majority Aug. 17 to approve a new five-year contract and to return to work. They were locked…
CONROE, Texas — In the month since construction worker Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while driving to work with three co-workers July 7, several events have been held here protesting his death. A…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the disputed Kuril Islands Aug. 13 was aimed at reinforcing Moscow’s control over what is a crucial military gateway to the Pacific as it seeks leverage for its war in Ukraine. Besides Moscow, Pyongyang…
Last week’s Militant featured part one of an article on the Socialist Workers Party’s June 11-14 international socialist conference, held in Oberlin, Ohio. It covered the opening report by National Secretary Jack Barnes, in which he told participants that the…
This resolution, submitted by a delegate from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union and seconded by the United Steelworkers union, was adopted unanimously by the convention of the North Dakota State AFL-CIO on June 30. WHEREAS: Both…
HAVANA — The First International Fidel Colloquium: Legacy and Future opened here Aug. 10. René González Barrios, director of the Fidel Castro Ruz Center, which is organizing the four-day event, told participants that the 1,500 people attending include over 1,000…
