President Joseph Biden announced proposals July 29 to gut the power of the U.S. Supreme Court and muzzle its justices in an attack on the constitutionally mandated role of the judiciary. Days later, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer deepened the…
SYDNEY — “What’s outrageous? Airport wages!” chanted 20 plane refuelers as they walked off the job in a four-hour strike at Ampol Aviation at the airport here Aug. 23. Night and afternoon shift workers also stopped work. The workers “have…
BY BETSY FARLEY, SARAH ULLMAN and JANICE LYNN Labor Day actions across the country were marked by strikes by 10,000 UNITE HERE hotel workers, 17,000 AT&T workers and other union fights. Hundreds joined the Labor Day parade in Detroit Sept.…
SYDNEY — Striking workers on the picket line at Etex in Matraville in eastern Sydney told the Militant Aug. 30 they had voted overwhelmingly to reject the company’s new contract offer. The workers, members of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime…
During a four-day campaign visit to the Chicago area, Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate Rachele Fruit joined the Labor Day parade and festival organized by the Chicago Federation of Labor in the historic Pullman district of Chicago Aug. 31. Her…
ATLANTA — Over 17,000 members of the Communications Workers of America in nine states across the Southeast went on strike Aug. 16 against telecommunications giant AT&T. Service technicians and customer service representatives walked out in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,…
COVENTRY, England — Warehouse workers Ceferina Floresca, left, and Garfield Hylton, second right, discuss their fight for a union at Amazon’s BHX4 facility here, with Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate Rachele Fruit, center; SWP leader Mary Martin, second from left;…
SYDNEY — Chanting “Hands off our union!” tens of thousands of construction workers marched off the job and rallied in major cities across Australia Aug. 27. The action was a resounding protest against the federal Labor Party government, which days…
MONTREAL — Almost 10,000 rail engineers, conductors and dispatchers, members of the Teamsters union, walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 22 after Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroads, Canada’s two cross-country rail lines, refused to sign…
CHICAGO — After voting overwhelmingly to strike, hundreds of members of the Illinois Nurses Association walked off the job at the University of Illinois Hospital here when their contract expired Aug. 19. This kicked off a weeklong work stoppage, in…
