ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Federation of the Blind held its annual convention here. These conventions are the largest gatherings worldwide of blind and low vision people, their families, friends and supporters. This year, some 2,600 registered in person and…
MONTREAL — Two busloads of locked-out members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) at the McKesson distribution center in Drummondville, about an hour and a half drive from Montreal, joined locked-out CSN workers on their picket line here…
RENTON, Wash. — A major showdown has erupted between some 33,000 workers, organized by International Association of Machinists District Lodge 751, and Boeing, one of two major producers of commercial airplanes worldwide. The Machinists shut down production Sept. 13 after…
In a path-setting victory, for the first time the 28,000 flight attendants at American Airlines will be paid for time spent boarding passengers as part of a new contract voted up Sept. 12. It was one of the Association of…
The brutal effects of the U.S. rulers’ six-decades-long economic, trade and financial war against the Cuban people deserve the condemnation of working people everywhere. Our unions should demand the immediate and unconditional end to the embargo, as well as Washington’s…
“I agree, a labor party is needed to draw together everyone, unionized or not, as well as others like farmers and mom-and-pop business owners,” Jesse Dansby, right, a board operator and striker at the Marathon oil refinery in Detroit, told…
In a contradictory verdict, a jury in Tampa, Florida, decided Sept. 12 that Omali Yeshitela, the leader of the African People’s Socialist Party, and Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, both members of the support group UHURU, were not guilty of…
“The economic war” waged by the U.S. government “is the main cause of the hardships facing the Cuban people, and the country’s economy,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said in a special media presentation in Havana Sept. 12. Rodríguez detailed…
October 4, 1999 VERNON, British Columbia — “The most significant thing that has been accomplished has been everything regarding affection and solidarity between us,” stated Alcides López, representative of the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture. López was part of a delegation…
The following statement was released Sept. 17 by Rachele Fruit, a member of UNITE HERE and Socialist Workers Party candidate for president. The war between labor and capital is the central issue of the 2024 presidential election campaign. In the…
