Track workers vote down rail contract, other unions to vote

Vol. 86/No. 39 - October 24, 2022
Rail track workers picket in Kansas City, Missouri, at North American Rail Shippers conference in May. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, which organizes 25,000 track workers, announced Oct. 10 its members voted down national agreement with rail bosses.

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, which organizes some 25,000 track builders and repair workers, one of the largest of the 12 rail workers’ unions, announced Oct. 10 that its members had voted down a tentative agreement reached last…


Letters

Vol. 86/No. 39 - October 24, 2022

Berni Kuhn Berni Kuhn, a long-time supporter of the Socialist Workers Party, died here Sept. 19. She had been a member in the Minneapolis and Albuquerque branches. Berni was a reader and kept informed on politics. Despite long-term health problems,…


As Putin bombs civilians — Defend Ukraine sovereignty!

Unrest grows among workers, nationalities in Russia
Vol. 86/No. 39 - October 24, 2022
Ukrainians take refuge in Kyiv metro station during Russian missile assault Oct. 9, singing national anthem. Lina Malina said fellow Ukrainians, her people, are a “nation of invincibles.”

Russian forces launched deadly missile strikes against over 20 cities across Ukraine Oct. 10 as a brutal response to a series of setbacks to President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to conquer the country. After seven and a half months of invasion,…




Protest FBI raids on African People’s Socialist Party, Uhuru

Vol. 86/No. 38 - October 17, 2022
Protest FBI raids on African People’s Socialist Party, Uhuru

MINNEAPOLIS — Thirty people took part in an Oct. 1 meeting here to demand, “Hands off the Uhuru Movement: Stop FBI attacks on the African People’s Socialist Party groups, African People’s Solidarity Committee, and Uhuru Solidarity Movement.” The meeting was…


Corn Nuts strikers ‘more united than when we started’

Vol. 86/No. 38 - October 17, 2022

FRESNO, Calif. — After a month and a half on the picket line, the 40 workers on strike at the Corn Nuts plant here remain determined to win a union contract that includes affordable medical insurance. They’re members of Bakery,…


Protest FBI attacks in Puerto Rico, US embargo on Cuba

Vol. 86/No. 38 - October 17, 2022

NEW YORK — Milagros Rivera, president of the Cuba Solidarity Committee of Puerto Rico, will be in New York City Oct. 27 to 29 on a speaking tour to strengthen the fight against FBI harassment of opponents of the U.S.…



Build solidarity with union struggles today

Vol. 86/No. 38 - October 17, 2022

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Congress from New Jersey, Sept. 30. Kuniansky is a member of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union. Working people confront both deteriorating living standards caused by soaring prices…