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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund. Sept. 23 – November 21 (week three)

Unifor strikers vote up new contract at GM in Canada

OSHAWA, Ontario — The 4,300 Unifor-organized workers at General Motors in Canada voted up a new contract Oct. 15 by 80%. This followed Ford’s union members, who approved their contract by a much closer 54% margin Sept. 24. The union…

Sky Chef catering workers rally for pay raise at Miami airport

MIAMI — Nearly 200 members of UNITE HERE Local 355 marched in the rain and rallied outside the LSG Sky Chef catering facility near Miami International Airport to back workers’ demand for an immediate raise to $20 an hour. Union…

British Columbia sugar workers fight bosses’ concession demands

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Some 135 members of Public and Private Workers of Canada Local 8 set up strike picket lines Sept. 28 outside Lantic’s Rogers Sugar refinery. The previous contract had expired in February. Pickets also set up on…

Defend Israel’s right to exist! Fighting Jew-hatred is a union issue

Hamas’ Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel had one objective — kill or take hostage as many Jews as possible, a step on the way to their overall goal of implementing a “final solution,” eliminating Jews from the Middle East. It…

Rallies to demand end to US embargo of Cuba

NEW YORK — Opponents of Washington’s six-decade-long economic war against Cuba will march and rally here Oct. 28 and in other cities worldwide that week. The actions are being organized to draw attention to the Nov. 2-3 U.N. General Assembly…

UAW members strike is a fight for the entire working class

CHICAGO — Spirited chants of “UAW! UAW! UAW!” and “No deal? No wheels!” filled United Auto Workers Local 551’s Ford workers’ union hall here Oct. 7. Hundreds rallied to hear UAW President Shawn Fain and other speakers, part of the…

‘Protest US rulers’ economic war on the Cuban people’

MIAMI — Thirty-five people joined a Miami Caravan action here Oct. 1, setting up a lively and highly visible vigil in the pouring rain at the Miami International Airport to demand an end to Washington’s embargo against Cuba and removal…

Kaiser hospital workers demand: ‘Hire more staff! Raise our pay!’

LOS ANGELES — Over 75,000 Kaiser hospital workers carried out a three-day strike Oct. 4-6 in California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado. Kaiser workers in Virginia and the District of Columbia went out for one day. The central issues are the…

Movie depicts how US-backed terrorists blew up Cuban plane

“Cubana 455: Chronicles of October 6,” a three-part documentary and epilogue written and directed by Enrique Berumen  BY BERNIE SENTER On Oct. 6, 1976, U.S.-backed enemies of Cuba’s socialist revolution detonated two bombs on Cubana airlines Flight 455. All 73…