Grocery workers in California launch fight for equal pay

Vol. 88/No. 13 - April 1, 2024
United Food and Commercial Workers union members at Food 4 Less grocery in Baldwin Park, California, and their supporters rally March 7 in fight for pay raise, safe working conditions

BALDWIN PARK, Calif. — “We’re here fighting for a better wage and for equity with our brothers and sisters at other groceries,” Irma Vega, who has worked for Food 4 Less grocery for 24 years, told the Militant  March 7.…


School bus drivers make gains in Montreal-area strike

Vol. 88/No. 13 - April 1, 2024

MONTREAL — Rejecting a “settlement” imposed by government and boss-backed compulsory arbitration, 350 school bus drivers for the Transco company voted March 7 to accept a conciliator’s proposal and end their four-month strike. The drivers are members of the Confederation…


Airport cleaners, SEIU 32BJ rally in Pittsburgh

Vol. 88/No. 11 - March 18, 2024

PITTSBURGH —Aircraft cleaners and other workers at Jetstream Ground Services at the airport here are organizing to get better conditions and an end to boss harassment. On Feb. 23, members of Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ took a bus…


Health workers in Australia protest parking fees

Vol. 88/No. 11 - March 18, 2024

SYDNEY — Some 40 health workers, members of the Health Services Union, joined a lunchtime rally and march at Liverpool Hospital here Feb. 29 to protest significant hikes in parking fees imposed by the New South Wales state government. Michael…


UK rail workers strike against two tiers, demand better pay

Vol. 88/No. 11 - March 18, 2024

MANCHESTER, England — “They say low pay. We say no way!” chanted rail workers outside the offices of Carlisle Support Services Feb. 21 during two days of strike action here. Earlier in the day more than 70 of them joined…


Teamsters on first strike ever at Molson Coors in Fort Worth

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas — Over 100 spirited Teamsters Local 997 strikers lined the pavement in front of the Molson Coors plant here, which the bosses recently fenced off. The workers went on strike Feb. 17 after failing to reach a…


Hospital workers in London strike for withheld pay

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024

LONDON — Hospital workers, members of the Unite union, held a lively strike picket line here Feb. 20 on the busy main road by the entrance to the Royal London Hospital, part of the Barts NHS Trust chain, the largest…


Bus drivers strike in Virginia for higher wages, safety on the job

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024

FAIRFAX, Va. — Over 600 bus drivers and mechanics, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, went on strike here Feb. 22 against Transdev, a contractor for Fairfax Connector bus company. The strikers have been fighting for a new contract…


UK Amazon workers strike for higher wages, union recognition

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024
Striking workers march in fight for union at Amazon warehouse in Coventry, England, Feb. 13.

COVENTRY, England — Some 200 warehouse workers and their supporters marched and rallied outside the Amazon plant here Feb. 13. They were part of over 1,000 members of the General Municipal and Boilermakers union who struck for better wages and…


Two rail workers killed on the job in Alabama, North Carolina

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024

ATLANTA — Two rail workers were killed on the job in the past month in Alabama and North Carolina. In a Feb. 15 statement, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters union said Brother Randall M.…