SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — “There is no peace in Gaza today,” Socialist Workers Party National Committee member Norton Sandler told a well-attended Militant Labor Forum here Oct. 17. Sandler is the party’s candidate for governor of California. “The Militant,” he…
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…
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…
MONTREAL — “Since Sept. 25 young people and entire families have been paying the price for their courage — courage to demand water, electricity and freedom,” Henintsoa Ramangalahy told a march of 300 here Oct. 11. “We say to our…
LOS ANGELES — Over 40,000 nurses and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals went on strike for five days starting Oct. 14. “Kaiser pushed us to the end,” Tina Chin, a physician assistant in neurosurgery, told the Militant…
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…
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…
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…
MANCHESTER, England — On Oct. 8, their third day of strike action, rail workers here were joined by Danny Taylor, a leader of the six-month-long Unite union refuse workers strike in Birmingham, a delegation from the Fire Brigade Union and…
