Remington arms workers march Dec. 5 in Ilion, New York, to demand severance pay, vacation pay, after bosses declared bankruptcy. Albany nurses fighting for contract joined in solidarity.

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New gov’t lockdowns make workers’ jobs crisis worse

While the government claims unemployment is going down, tens of millions of working people have been out of work for many months and thousands more job cuts have been announced. And bosses are demanding bigger wage and benefit cuts and…


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Demand jobs, gov’t-funded lifelong health care for all

From farmers in India to workers fighting Remington bosses in Ilion, New York, working people are finding ways to stand up to the determined moves by the bosses to use government-imposed lockdowns to slash jobs and push more of the…


India farmers: ‘End the gov’t attack on our livelihoods!’

Protesting farmers in India occupy rail bridge Nov. 27, part of “March on Delhi” against laws ending government price supports. Inset, part of solidarity demonstration in Montreal Dec. 6.

A monthslong rebellion by Indian farmers, which has drawn solidarity actions from the Indian diaspora around the world, continues to intensify, shaking the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hundreds of thousands of family farmers converged on the capital, New…


NY Remington workers march for severance pay, new jobs

ILION, N.Y. — Some 30 people participated in an informational picket here Dec. 5 to show support for United Mine Workers Local 717 members demanding Remington Outdoor Co. honor their union contract. Remington bosses filed for bankruptcy in July, terminated…


Socialist Workers Party brings action program to working people

CARROLLTON, Ga. —“I’m 100% for that,” Dylan Tapia told Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, when she said working people need to break from the Democrats and Republicans and build their own party, a labor party.…


Shift in Middle East can lead to new opening for working people

The most significant developments in the Middle East in years are the agreements reached by the rulers in Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for mutual recognition, facilitated by the administration of President Donald Trump. These Sunni Arab rulers,…

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