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Bakery workers in Northern Ireland win strike, pay raise
Vol. 85/No. 22 - June 7, 2021BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Two hundred bakery and dispatch workers won an improved pay offer from bosses at Hovis and voted to return to work May 24. The workers, members of the Unite union and the Bakers, Food and Allied…
Walmart workers back locked-out Marathon oil workers
Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Workers at the Walmart store where I work have organized to win support for locked-out oil refinery workers half way across the country. Members of Teamsters Local 120 at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in St. Paul…
SWP ‘stimulus’ fund climbs up to $163,760!
Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021The SWP “stimulus” appeal now totals $163,760 from 137 contributors over the last three months! A tremendous accomplishment! The U.S. government reports the overwhelming majority of $1,400 payments have been sent out. We’ll plan a roundup of the effort two…
Join the Syringes for Cuba campaign!
Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021Global Health Partners and the U.S.-Canada Saving Lives Campaign are raising funds to supply millions of syringes to Cuba over the next several months to help health workers there vaccinate the entire Cuban population against COVID-19. The Cubans are also…
Protests continue against military rule in Myanmar
Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021Despite bloody government repression, protests continued May 17 in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, above, demanding the military junta that seized power in the country Feb. 1 stand down. Police and soldiers had broken up a protest march in Mandalay’s Pyigyidagun…
Striking ATI workers rally in Louisville, Ohio
Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021LOUISVILLE, Ohio — Some 150 striking steelworkers, fellow United Steelworkers union members, retirees and other supporters rallied May 15, as 1,300 steelworkers here and in four other states continue their strike against Allegheny Technologies Inc. ATI announced last December they…
Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund April 24 – June 29 (week three)
Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021Build solidarity with labor struggles!
Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021Statement by Malcolm Jarrett, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Pittsburgh mayor, May 19. “Our strength does come from our sticking together,” Dave McCall, international vice president of the United Steelworkers, told a May 15 rally of striking steelworkers and their…
Capitalist crisis weakens UK rulers’ hold on North Ireland
Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021LONDON — Social and political turmoil came to the surface in Northern Ireland days before the April 28 resignation of Arlene Foster as its first minister. As is the case elsewhere in the United Kingdom, working people face the carnage…