SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — Over a hundred workers, family members and other supporters rallied here April 18 outside the Windmill Farms plant demanding the new bosses recognize the United Farm Workers union. Last year workers at the plant, then called Ostrom…
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia — “Every day we’re out we become more determined. The support we get on cold wet days means a lot to us,” picket organizer Elizabeth Roux told more than 100 striking members of Canadian Union of Public…
MONTREAL — A 12-day nationwide strike by 120,000 federal government workers ended May 1 with a tentative agreement between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the government. Wage increases were the overriding issue in the strike. Workers will vote…
SAN FRANCISCO — Alcatraz Island ferryboat crews have organized a union and are fighting for a contract, 16 years after Hornblower Cruises took over the service and drove the union out. They held a spirited rally at Pier 33 here…
BEND, Oregon — More than 600 nurses and supporters joined a spirited informational picket line outside St. Charles Bend Hospital here April 24. The 900 nurses have been working without a contract since Dec. 31. The Oregon Nurses Association says…
COACHELLA, Calif. — “We organized Farmchella to honor and celebrate hardworking farmworkers in Coachella Valley who are overlooked,” Flor Martinez Zaragoza told the Militant April 20. Martinez Zaragoza is the founder of the Celebration Nation Foundation, which organized this first-time…
MANCHESTER, England — Nurses, members of the Royal College of Nursing union, who before last December had never gone on strike in their 106-year history, voted April 14 to reject the government’s most recent pay offer, against their national officers’…
STOCKHOLM — At least 70 commuter train drivers walked off the job here on a three-day protest strike April 17, shutting down over 80% of traffic during the first two days. “By striking for our working conditions and the safety…
WAIANAE, Hawaii — Members of the United Public Workers union at Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital and Lanai Community Hospital in Maui County ended their nearly two-month strike April 14, voting 87% in favor of a new three-year contract.…
HOPEWELL, Va. — Three hundred and forty chemical workers went on strike April 7 at the AdvanSix chemical plant here. The big majority are members of International Chemical Workers Union Local 591C, while others are represented by skilled trades unions,…
