October 18, 1999 Working people and all supporters of democratic rights have an obligation to speak out in defense of free speech and against censorship, in face of New York City Hall’s threat to cut funding and take other punitive…
After a two-week strike, auto parts workers at BorgWarner in Lansing, New York, overwhelmingly voted up an improved contract offer Sept. 21. The over 700 members of Teamsters Local 317 voted 539-60 to accept a four-year agreement that increased wages…
Postal worker: ‘Thanks!’ As a member of the American Postal Workers Union, I want to extend my sincere gratitude to the Militant for carrying a notice about our National Day of Action on Oct. 1. Aside from the sales associates…
SYDNEY — Nurses and midwives in New South Wales public hospitals went on a 24-hour strike Sept. 24 as they stepped up their campaign for a new union contract, including an immediate 15% wage increase. Over 10,000 marched and rallied…
KANATA, Ontario — More than 40 Unifor Local 1541 members at Best Theratronics, a nuclear facility that manufactures medical equipment here, have been on strike since May 1. A key issue is higher wages. Union members rejected an offer by…
The Oct. 1 strike deadline for 45,000 dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts is rapidly approaching, with members of the International Longshoremen’s Association at three dozen ports from Texas to Maine organizing to walk out if no new contract…
Unlike Hamas, whose roots are in Egypt’s Sunni Muslim Brotherhood and its collaboration with the Nazis during World War II, Hezbollah was a direct creation of the regime that took power through a counterrevolution in Iran after pushing back the…
Fruit: ‘The working class needs to take power’ CINCINNATI — “This is the first time in my life I really feel like something I do can make a difference and change things,” Eric Wood, a cook at a restaurant here,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has faced determined resistance for more than two and a half years as Ukrainian working people there fight to defend their country’s sovereignty. Putin is also waging a war on the home front…
