“You must not aim too high or be picky about work,” Huang Zongming, president of Chongqing Metropolitan College of Science and Technology in southwestern China, told more than 9,000 graduates in June. A record number of Chinese college graduates this…
For 18 months, the Ukrainian armed forces, with decisive support from working people, have fought courageously to repel Moscow’s invasion. A Ukrainian counteroffensive begun two months ago is aimed at defeating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s drive to crush Ukraine’s independence…
COVENTRY, England — Hundreds of workers picketed outside Amazon’s large BHX4 warehouse here Aug. 4. Dozens more picketed at a smaller facility in nearby Rugeley. Altogether over 1,000 workers took two days of strike action, marking the first anniversary of…
MONTREAL — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced July 25 his department will review the allegations made by longtime Toronto school principal Richard Bilkszto, who committed suicide July 13. Bilkszto had launched a lawsuit against the Toronto District School Board…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Rob Ashton, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, announced Aug. 4 that after rejecting a previous contract offer the week before, the union’s members had voted by over 74% to ratify a new…
A New York Times article in July claimed the “U.S. unemployment rate is hovering near lows unseen since the 1960s” and “everyone who wants a job, has a job.” At the same time, it pointed to one problem: “Ex-Prisoners Face…
LINCOLN, Neb. — Aug. 3 marked six months to the day that 150-car Norfolk Southern train 32N derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a social disaster. The train was almost 2 miles long, weighing 18,000 tons. The derailment dumped 50…
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…
