Calif. Amazon truck drivers fight for safe conditions, higher pay

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023
Picket line at Kaiser Permanente hospital in Los Angeles Oct. 4. A coalition of unions representing over 75,000 health care workers at Kaiser facilities nationwide are on a three-day strike for a new contract, fighting to end short staffing that cripples patient care and workers’ lives.

TORRANCE, Calif. — “Amazon hides behind its subcontractors, tries to duck responsibility for providing safe working conditions and decent pay,” Jessie Moreno told the Militant. He was part of a picket of 40 organized by Teamsters Local 396 outside Amazon’s…


Hundreds of chemical workers strike in Illinois

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023
Hundreds of chemical workers strike in Illinois

BRADLEY, Ill. — More than 700 members of International Chemical Workers Union Council Local 498C went on strike here against CSL Behring Sept. 27. The multinational company produces medication for those with immune deficiencies and bleeding disorders, such as hemophilia.…


UAW, BCTGM strikers back each other up in Tennessee

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The nearly 200 members of United Auto Workers Local 2406 at the General Motors ACDelco Parts Distribution Center here walked off the job Sept. 22, joining thousands of other autoworkers on strike against the Big Three. Local…


Ontario school board ‘cancels’ 1,000s of books

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023

MONTREAL — In a blatant act of censorship to impose “woke” standards and “cancel culture,” the Peel District School Board, just west of Toronto, had thousands of books removed from its 257 school libraries, especially targeting anything published before 2008. …


Alabama UAW workers strike Mercedes parts supplier

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Over 100 workers, members of United Auto Workers Local 2083, went on strike Sept. 20 against ZF Chassis Systems here. The workers make axles for German automaker Mercedes-Benz, which has a nearby assembly plant. “We voted down…


Correction

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023

In Militant issue no. 37, the article “All out to back UAW strike! Bring labor’s power to bear!” misidentified United Auto Workers striker Shannon Hickle-White. She is a woman.


Díaz-Canel at UN: ‘End the US economic war on Cuba!’

Vol. 87/No. 37 - October 9, 2023

NEW YORK — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel spoke at the United Nations and a wide range of meetings during a week-long visit here starting Sept. 17. He called for ending the U.S. economic war on Cuba and for Cuba’s removal…


Protest hits Molotov cocktail attack on Cuban Embassy

Vol. 87/No. 37 - October 9, 2023

WASHINGTON — Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Cuban Embassy here Sept. 24, hitting the front wall. There were no injuries to embassy personnel. The terrorist attack came on the heels of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s trip to New…



Turkish-backed Azerbaijan seizes Nagorno-Karabakh

Vol. 87/No. 37 - October 9, 2023
Exodus of Nagorno-Karabakh refugees jams road to Armenia Sept. 27. Region was seized by Turkish-backed Azerbaijani forces week earlier.

After months of economic blockade, Turkish-backed Azerbaijani forces attacked and seized the ethnic Armenian-controlled enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, inside Azerbaijan, Sept. 19. Russian troops, which Moscow had promised would defend the enclave’s sovereignty, made no move to do so. The rout…