ATLANTA — “We’re strong and we’re getting a lot of support from other unions,” Kevin Bradshaw, vice president of Local 252G of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union in Memphis, Tennessee, told the Militant by phone Oct.…
As he moves to tighten state control over the Chinese economy, President Xi Jinping is portraying his regime and its policies as the continuation of the teachings of Mao Zedong. Mao commanded the Stalinized Chinese Communist Party, from the late…
The outcome of parliamentary elections in Iraq on Oct. 10 and the exceptionally low turnout reflect the mounting hatred toward the Iraqi rulers and toward Tehran, which has consolidated its military, economic and political intervention in the country. Working people…
“I wish I had a union at my workplace,” Stephen Hammond told Róger Calero when the Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of New York City knocked on his door in Middletown, New York, Oct. 17. “The little man has…
Rising prices, especially on food, energy, rent and other basic necessities, are eating away at the living standards of working people, hitting those with the lowest income the hardest. As more unionists strike for higher wages and better conditions and…
ALBANY, N.Y. — A meeting here celebrated the life and political contributions of Tim Craine, a supporter of the Socialist Workers Party. Craine died Sept. 25 from leukemia at age 77. Fifty people from around the region attended the Oct.…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Over 30 people came to an Oct. 15 Militant Labor Forum here on “The Rise of Industrial Union Struggles: Prospects for the Working Class and Building the Socialist Workers Party Today,” featuring John Studer, SWP National Committee…
DALLAS — The 650 members of United Steelworkers Local 13-243 locked out by ExxonMobil in Beaumont, Texas, overwhelmingly rejected the company’s six-year contract proposal Oct. 19. “This shows we are still together, we are one group,” USW staff representative Bryan…
EAST MOLINE, Ill. — The 10,000 striking members of the United Auto Workers at John Deere are setting an example for working people. They’re using their union to push back against decades of attacks by bosses, fighting to end divisive…
