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…
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — “These books are necessary for a new awakening,” Frankely Polanco, a building painter, said while he was looking over the Pathfinder Press stand at the 27th Santo Domingo International Book Fair Oct. 1. He was…
WASHINGTON — Some 100 members of the National Black Lung Association — coal miners, wives, widows and other family members and friends — rallied here Oct. 14, along with members of the United Mine Workers of America. They’re demanding the…
GREENBELT, Md. — Supporters of Kilmar Abrego García rallied outside the Maryland federal courthouse here Oct. 6, demanding that the government drop its vindictive deportation case against him and that he be released from jail. He wasn’t allowed to attend…
Millions of working people face economic uncertainty, social crises and growing threats of new wars today. Members of the Socialist Workers Party are campaigning to explain these are the result of the workings of the capitalist system and its dog-eat-dog…
BROCKVILLE, Ontario — On Sept. 11 some 10,000 full-time support staff at Ontario’s 24 colleges, members of the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union, went on strike for job security, better wages and benefits. They include disability support staff, library technicians,…
BIRMINGHAM, England — “We’re dug in for however long it takes,” striking refuse worker Ali Chidodo said. “We’ve come too far. With union backing we can win.” The workers have been on strike for over six months. Chidodo was among…
