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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund (week 4)

Houston hotel workers win raises, limits on workload, end strike

FORT WORTH, Texas — After a 40-day strike against Hilton Americas-Houston, members of UNITE HERE Local 23 announced Oct. 10 they had won a $20 hourly minimum wage for housekeepers, laundry attendants and stewards, and increases to $22 by the…

Facing deepening crisis, workers get fleeced by ‘buy now, pay later’ scams

Working people face deepening blows from the worldwide capitalist crisis, with persistent high prices for basic necessities, from groceries to electricity, rents, child care, health care and more. Many are looking for ways to avoid going under as they struggle…

Georgia Teamsters win new contract at Republic Services

CUMMING, Georgia — After 100 days on strike against the giant national waste hauling company Republic Services, some 30 Teamsters Local 728 members finally returned to work Oct. 16 after winning a new contract. They were the last group of…

‘Militant’ battles bans by prisons in Missouri, Kansas

The Militant is fighting to reverse the banning of issues of the paper by the Lansing state prison in Kansas and of issue no. 28 by the Missouri Department of Corrections. What’s involved is a clear violation of prisoners’ constitutional…

US rulers step up war threats on Venezuela gov’t, toilers

The Donald Trump administration is sharply escalating its threats against the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The combined military, political and economic pressure is also aimed at sending a message to other governments in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Mandela granddaughters in Israel: ‘People killed for being Jewish’

They were “glued to the television” Oct. 13 when Hamas released the hostages, Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela told the South African Jewish Report. Both are granddaughters of Nelson Mandela, the central leader of the fight that brought down apartheid…

Calif. bread plant workers picket, demand raise, respect

RICHMOND, Calif. — Workers picketed outside the Safeway bread plant here Oct. 5, protesting company abuse and refusal to grant union demands. The workers, members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 125, have been working under an…

Frontier call center workers rally for wage raise, safety on the job

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Two hundred Frontier customer call center workers, members of Communications Workers of America Local 9588, rallied here Sept. 28 to highlight their fight for better wages, affordable health care and safety on the job. “We need…

Two Canada truckers’ protest leaders sentenced to house arrest

MONTREAL — Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, who were spokespeople for the February 2022 protest in Ottawa by hundreds of truckers and others, were sentenced to 18 and 12 months respectively Oct. 7. Dozens of supporters attended the hearing. Both…