BEDFORD PARK, Ill. — The 123 workers at Northstar Aerospace, members of the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America Local 14430, walked off the job June 5. The plant makes parts for Apache and Chinook military helicopters. “The…
MONTREAL — “Enough of being walked over, now we shall walk to them,” Eric Dumas, president of United Steelworkers Local 206-G, told 150 strikers and supporters June 16 before they set out on a march through the neighborhood of Pointe-St-Charles…
WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England — Refuse workers here and in Hatfield, towns north of London, returned to work June 23 after striking for better pay four days earlier. Employed by the waste-collection outfit Urbaser, more than 90 members of the…
BEND, Ore. — Nearly 100% of the Oregon Nurses Association membership at St. Charles Medical Center here voted to approve a new three-year contract after six months of negotiations. The union declared victory after winning substantial wage increases, making its…
MALVERN, Pa. — Several hundred United Mine Workers of America members and retirees and other unionists demonstrated at the Vanguard Group investment company headquarters here June 6 in solidarity with Warrior Met Coal union members. They are demanding to be…
NEW YORK — More than 200 striking members and supporters of the Writers Guild of America held a lively picket here June 12, six weeks since walking out against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Among the key…
SYDNEY — “We are striking for more wages,” said Joe Matthews on the picket line outside the Onelink distribution center here May 23. “All we want is a fair go.” United Workers Union members at the warehouse first walked out…
MONTREAL — “There’s nothing moving in the plant,” striker Serge Latendresse told the Militant on the picket line in front of Owens Illinois, Quebec’s only glass factory, May 27. Over 300 United Steelworkers Local 206G members walked out May 10…
ATLANTA — Delta airline workers here fighting for union representation held a spirited rally at the Hartsfield-Jackson airport May 25. In-flight crew members are seeking representation from the Association of Flight Attendants; ramp and cargo workers from the International Association…
A court in Cambodia jailed union leader Chhim Sithar for two years May 25 for leading a strike at NagaWorld, the country’s only casino. She and eight other current and former union members of Labour Rights Supported Union of Khmer…
