Striking refinery workers picket Chevron headquarters

Vol. 86/No. 21 - May 30, 2022
Striking refinery workers picket entrance to Chevron corporate headquarters in San Ramon, California, May 10. Workers are fighting for wage raises, safety, sustainable work schedules.

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Dozens of striking refinery workers and family members picketed the Chevron corporate headquarters here May 10, waving signs saying, “Enough is enough, bargain in good faith,” “Safe refineries save lives,” and “500 strong striking at Chevron.”…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 21 - May 30, 2022

June 2, 1997 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Anzac Day celebrations here were seized on by capitalist politicians and media to glorify past military adventures of New Zealand imperialism, and to gain support for the government’s push to refurbish the country’s…


No worker needs to die on the job!

Vol. 86/No. 20 - May 23, 2022

Two bakery workers were killed on the job in North Carolina in recent weeks, among the thousands killed at work every year. The AFL-CIO reported last month that in 2020, 340 workers were killed because of hazardous conditions on the…


Another bakery worker’s death

Vol. 86/No. 20 - May 23, 2022

Another woman died on the job in North Carolina May 3 after getting stuck inside an industrial bread machine for an hour, the second such death in the state in three weeks. Virginia López Severiano, 44, was cleaning an industrial…



Capitalist crisis stokes inflation, as bosses rake in record profits

Vol. 86/No. 20 - May 23, 2022

In recent weeks U.S. bosses have been posting record profits, 35% above the year before. “The numbers are in” an article in Bloomberg boasts, “2021 was the most profitable year for American corporations since 1950.” While working people struggle to…


15,000 construction workers strike in Ontario, in fight for wage increase

Vol. 86/No. 20 - May 23, 2022

Over 15,000 Ontario construction workers went on strike May 1, paralyzing the high- and low-rise home-building industry across the Canadian province. The central issue is the need for adequate wage increases to deal with the impact of skyrocketing inflation on…




Cuban people, gov’t respond to hotel disaster in Havana

Vol. 86/No. 20 - May 23, 2022
Members of well-known Havana baseball team, Industriales, left, gather May 6 along with other Cubans to donate blood shortly after devastating explosion at Hotel Saratoga.

HAVANA — As rescue brigades arrived rapidly at the scene of a deadly gas explosion at the Hotel Saratoga, dozens of local residents had already joined in aiding and evacuating others to safety amid the billowing smoke and dust. Forty-two…