Chicago union takes solidarity to Tennessee BCTGM strike

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Seven members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 1 from Chicago drove here Nov. 3 to reinforce fellow BCTGM Local 390G members on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances. Almost 200 union members walked…


Help put SWP Party-Building Fund over the top!

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

The Socialist Workers Party’s annual Party-Building Fund has two weeks to go, with a goal of raising at least $140,000 for the SWP to get out its program and activities to working people around the world. The SWP and its…



Construction workers in Australia fight for safety

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

SYDNEY — Chanting “Killer stone — Ban it now!” thousands of construction workers, members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, marched here Oct. 26 and rallied outside the New South Wales state Parliament. The protest was called by…



DC rally commemorates death of Zhina Amini in Iran

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

WASHINGTON — Over 75 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for a vigil Oct. 28 commemorating the death of Zhina Amini, the young Kurdish woman who died one year ago Sept. 16 after her arrest by the hated “morality police”…


Working people face blows from today’s unfolding crisis of capitalism

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

The Biden administration and its boosters in the liberal capitalist media keep trying to puff up the U.S. economy as improving, thanks to “Bidenomics.” They point to some official government statistics, claiming gross domestic product rose 4.9% in the third-quarter,…


UK refuse workers reject wages below inflation, strike for more

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

WARRINGTON, England — Some 65 refuse workers employed by the Labour Party-led Warrington Borough Council and organized by the Unite union have voted for a third wave of strike action. Their first set of strike days began Oct. 3, part…



Hotel workers in Los Angeles area strike, rally for contract

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023
Hotel workers in Los Angeles area strike, rally for contract

LOS ANGELES — Chanting “Se ve, se siente, la unión esta presente” and “Unete, unete, a la lucha unete” (“You can see it, you can feel it, the union is here” and “Join, join, join the fight”), hundreds of hotel…