CHICAGO — Nearly 16,000 librarians from public, school, prison and military-base libraries, along with publishers, authors and vendors, gathered here at the McCormick Place June 22-27 for the American Library Association conference. The gathering took place amid increased attacks on…
LINCOLN, Neb. — There are thousands of rural towns across the U.S. crisscrossed by railroad tracks where trains pass through daily. Since the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment and burn-off of some 900,000 pounds of toxic vinyl chloride in East…
SEPT-ILES, Quebec — As of July 18, the New York Times reported that wildfires in Canada have destroyed 25 million acres so far this year — close to double the last few years. Hardest hit have been the First Nations,…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In face of attacks by Ottawa against their right to strike, 7,400 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada at the 30 terminals run by the BC Maritime Employers Association on Canada’s West Coast…
HAVANA — “Your presence here encourages us and reinforces that Cuba is not alone despite so many attempts to isolate us,” Aylín Álvarez García, first secretary of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists of Cuba (UJC), told…
On July 23, police in Rasht, Iran, 200 miles northwest of Tehran, attacked a demonstration of some 200 retirees and disabled people. They doused some protesters with pepper spray. Other recent protests of retirees have taken place without government interference.…
ERIE, Pa. — Solidarity was the word of the day here July 29 as a car caravan brought strike supporters from Western Pennsylvania to join the strike picket line of United Electrical Workers Locals 506 and 618 at the entrance…
Statement by Chris Hoeppner, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Aug. 2. Recent rallies by Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers unionists on strike against International Flavors and Fragrances in Memphis, Tennessee, and by Screen Actors Guild-American…
CHICAGO — Some 200 Loretto Hospital workers went on strike here July 31 at 7 a.m. to demand higher wages and more staffing. The strikers also want Juneteenth as a holiday. “We are trying to get safe conditions for our…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — “Union strong! All day long!” chanted some 75 striking members and supporters of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G as they rallied in front of the International Flavors and Fragrances plant here July 26.…
