Locked-out BP oil workers’ fight wins new support

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Locked-out BP oil workers’ fight wins new support

WHITING, Ind. — Close to 200 locked-out BP oil refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 7-1, and their families and supporters formed a contingent and marched in the July 4 parade here. Whiting is a working-class town and they…


Sconza Chocolate workers rally against bosses’ cutback demands

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

OAKDALE, Calif. — As part of their fight for a better contract, some 50 Sconza Chocolate factory workers rallied here June 27 backed by family members and other supporters. The rally was organized by their union, Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers…


Chisago County workers strike enters its third month

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

CENTER CITY, Minn. — Some 170 workers in Chisago County Health and Human Services and its government center have been on strike since May in a fight over wages and health insurance.  “The county healthcare plan has a family deductible…


Haifa conference-goers visit British detention center for Jews

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Haifa conference-goers visit British detention center for Jews

ATLIT, Israel — Jonathan Silberman and Ólöf Andra Proppé, members of the Communist League in the U.K., Bob Aiken from the CL in Australia, and Lea Sherman and Rachele Fruit from the Socialist Workers Party in the U.S. toured the Atlit…


Baltimore nurses hold 24-hour strike over lack of safe staffing

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

BALTIMORE — Nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital held a 24-hour strike here starting 7 a.m. July 6 to protest the hospital bosses’ refusal to deal with patient safety and chronic understaffing that leads to nurses seeking other jobs.  There…


Ohio nurses rally in fight to win a union at children’s hospital

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some 100 nurses and their supporters rallied outside Nationwide Children’s Hospital here June 24 to build support for their fight to win union representation. They began working with AFSCME-United Nurses of America last September. “I’ve been a…


UN hearing backs independence fight in Puerto Rico

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

UNITED NATIONS — Tens of thousands across Puerto Rico have been without running water for weeks on end, on top of years of frequent electrical blackouts, Damara González told the United Nations decolonization hearing on the status of Puerto Rico…


Seattle hotel workers go on strike as World Cup matches kick off

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

SEATTLE — Over 100 Embassy Suites Pioneer Square hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 8, went on strike here June 18. The next day a spirited rally marked Juneteenth — a holiday that began when Union soldiers entered Texas…


US imperialism and the catastrophe in Venezuela

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

The overall number of deaths from two devastating earthquakes 100 miles west of Caracas, Venezuela, are not known, with close to 2,000 found dead and thousands more still missing. What is certain is the scale of the deaths and destruction…


California sugar workers strike over bosses’ takeback contract

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

CROCKETT, Calif. — Ninety-one warehouse workers, members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6, went on strike June 15 at C&H Sugar here. They voted unanimously to turn down the bosses’ insulting takeback contract and to authorize a strike.…