BALDWIN PARK, Calif. — “We’re here fighting for a better wage and for equity with our brothers and sisters at other groceries,” Irma Vega, who has worked for Food 4 Less grocery for 24 years, told the Militant March 7.…
April 5, 1999 NEW YORK CITY — The daily demonstrations here against the police killing of Amadou Diallo have provoked a crisis for the administration of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Tens of thousands of working people have taken part. Picket lines…
Across the country, supporters of Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party 2024 candidate for president, are widely circulating the Militant carrying her working-class program. They’re discussing it with workers on their doorsteps, at plant gates, actions against Jew-hatred, in protests…
MONTREAL — Rejecting a “settlement” imposed by government and boss-backed compulsory arbitration, 350 school bus drivers for the Transco company voted March 7 to accept a conciliator’s proposal and end their four-month strike. The drivers are members of the Confederation…
LONDON — TV personality India Willoughby asked police in Northumbria to arrest author J.K. Rowling for alleged “transphobia,” claiming that her online remarks were a “hate crime.” At stake for working people is the defense of crucial free speech rights,…
A civil war has exploded once again over the past 11 months in the North African country of Sudan, pitting the official armed forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The clash for power has devastated the lives of millions…
FORT WORTH, Texas — Over 300 workers joined a spirited Teamsters Local 997 rally outside the Molson Coors brewery here March 17, marking one month on strike by 420 union members. The rally was too big to hold on the…
MINNEAPOLIS — Five days of strikes and labor actions have culminated in a number of new contract agreements in the Twin Cities area, after a coalition of unions formed last October organized coordinated actions in March. Workers who clean office…
NEW YORK— “The tremendous advances for women in Cuba have their roots in the revolution that triumphed on Jan. 1, 1959,” Osmayda Hernández said at a March 16 meeting here. Hernández, a member of the national leadership of the Federation…
Tens of thousands protested the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his two-year-old war against Ukraine as part of a “Noon Against Putin” mass action on March 17, the last day of Russia’s three-day presidential election. Actions took place…
