ATHENS, Greece — Some 35 people packed the meeting hall of the Athens publishing house Diethnes Vima April 18 to hear a report from a union delegation returning from Cuba. The group of four was organized by unionists at Athens…
MARTINEZ, Calif. — Over 100 unionists, family members and other supporters of the 120 workers on strike at the Marathon refinery joined an expanded picket line here May 11. The workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, are in their…
WHITING, Ind. — More than 800 members of United Steelworkers Local 7-1 have been on the picket line here since March 19, after voting to reject British Petroleum’s “final, best, and last” offer by 98.3%. They’re picketing 24/7 at the…
MONTREAL — After a yearslong battle, 52 workers in Fort McMurray, Alberta, have succeeded in unionizing their workplace, becoming the first FedEx unit to win union certification in Canada. They’re now members of Teamsters Local 362. The Canada Industrial Relations…
NITRO, W.Va. — “I was on my way to a doctor’s appointment the day of the explosion at the Catalyst Refiners plant. Even with the AC on and my windows up, I could smell the strong rotten egg odor,” Militant supporter…
CHICAGO — On May 7 nearly 200 workers, including animal care specialists, craftworkers, custodians, groundskeepers, maintenance workers, aides and others, members of Teamsters Local 727, won a new contract after two days on strike against the Chicago Zoological Society, which…
The international campaign to free political prisoner Narges Mohammadi won an important victory May 10 when authorities in Iran transferred her to a hospital in Tehran. They had refused to relocate her for 10 days despite her deteriorating health. Mohammadi,…
NEW YORK — “Above all, Dave Prince was a Marxist, a working-class revolutionist,” Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, told participants at a March 22 event here celebrating Prince’s life and political contributions building a proletarian party…
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. — Some 500 rail workers and their supporters rallied here May 9, as a strike deadline one week away approaches, in a three-year-long fight with Long Island Rail Road bosses for a new contract with wages that keep…
