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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund (final)

Teamsters strike Dr Pepper bottler, get solidarity

Some 140 truck drivers, members of Teamsters Local 727, struck the American Bottling Company May 22, setting up lively picket lines at the Northlake and Harvey facilities outside Chicago, where some 800 workers are employed. Drivers at the company, which…

Ukraine rail workers work-to-rule, refuse unsafe equipment

Members of the Free Trade Union of Railway Workers of Ukraine (VPZU) employed at the state-owned rail company have been working strictly to company rules since May 14, refusing to operate dangerous equipment. The actions started at six depots and…

Widespread support for 2-day U.K. hospital workers strike

WIGAN, England — “I am proud of what we have done. They thought we were the small people. They thought they could get away with this outsourcing, but we’ve showed them we are not minions,” Amanda Grimes, a cleaner and…

Ireland: Repeal of abortion ban shows shift on women’s rights

Determined to end severe restrictions on abortion rights, a large majority in Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the country’s constitution May 25. The amendment “acknowledges the right to life of the unborn” and prevents women’s access to…

3,000 rail workers strike against Canadian Pacific

Bosses demand Ottawa force workers back

MONTREAL — Over 3,000 Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive engineers and conductors, members of the Teamsters union, set up picket lines at 10 p.m. on May 29, shutting down Canada’s second largest freight railway system. The strike halted much of the…

Puerto Rico: Workers confront capitalist disaster after storm

HUMACAO, Puerto Rico — “After Hurricane María hit the island, the government left us to fend for ourselves. But here we all joined together — to clear debris and reopen the roads and to help make sure people could survive,”…

25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

May 3, 1993 President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno are responsible for the cold-blooded murder of 86 people, including 17 children, outside Waco, Texas. Tens of millions of people watched in horror on TV the inferno that culminated…

Correction

In issue no. 16, the photo caption on page 4 should have said the teachers’ rally took place in Tucson, Arizona, April 4, not Phoenix on March 28.

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund (week three)