Some 3,200 members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 went on strike Aug. 4 at three Boeing facilities in Missouri and Illinois, after voting down the company’s second inadequate contract offer in two weeks. The workers…
CHICAGO — “Welcome to the new campaign headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party and Militant Labor Forum Hall!” Naomi Craine, a leader of the Chicago branch of the SWP, said, as she introduced featured speaker Minneapolis SWP mayoral candidate Kevin…
SWP on Minneapolis ballot! ‘Oppose rulers’ drive to war’ Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Minneapolis Kevin Dwire was certified on the ballot July 31. Dwire and campaign supporters turned in petitions with 725 signatures, well over the 500…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pursuing a murderous war on working people in cities all over Ukraine. At the same time, he willingly sacrifices thousands of Russian toilers in suicidal “meat grinder” attacks on Ukraine positions in the Donetsk region…
SAINT LEONARD — This borough of Montreal was particularly hard hit by flooding July 13 after severe thunderstorms dumped a month’s worth of rain on the area in a few hours. Montreal’s drainage system failed, leaving water to back up…
Oil workers at 50 refineries and offshore platforms in Iran took to the streets Aug. 4 demanding higher wages, benefits and job safety. Above, Pars Oil and Gas Company platform. In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and…
BOSTON — At a meeting here Aug. 3, members of Teamsters Local 25 voted by secret ballot to continue their strike against Republic Services by 93%. There are over 400 Teamsters on strike here. Republic is one of the largest…
American Labor Struggles: 1877-1934 by Samuel Yellen is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for August. The excerpt below is from “The railroad uprisings of 1877.” Known as the Great Strike, it was sparked by starvation wages and brutal…
This month marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. rulers’ atomic bomb slaughter of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 6-9, 1945, killing more than 200,000 men, women and children at the end of World War II. Tens of thousands more…
Solidarity from the labor movement and fellow workers is needed now for over 400 striking Teamsters at Republic Services and 3,200 International Association of Machinists members on strike at Boeing. Teamsters at Republic in Massachusetts, Illinois and Georgia, as well…
