OAKLAND, Calif.—Nurses working at Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center organized by the California Nurses Association conducted a weeklong strike here Oct. 24-28 demanding a substantial wage increase and better working conditions. Pickets told the Militant they wanted parity with…
OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 2,000 mental health workers in Northern California organized by the National Union of Healthcare Workers settled their 10-week-long strike with Kaiser Permanente Oct. 21. The strike was hard fought. The union organized weekly rallies where…
FRESNO, Calif. — “We’re going back with our heads up high!” strike stalwart Raul Hernandez told the Militant here after the 40 workers at Corn Nuts — members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 85 — voted…
Strikes by members of the Confederation Generale du Travail union (CGT) continue at two refineries owned by Total Energies in France Oct. 24. Workers at the Gonfreville and Feyzin refineries are demanding a 10% pay hike. Their union points to…
PITTSBURGH — Pressmen, typographers, mailers and delivery drivers struck the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct. 6. Reporters and other newsroom employees joined them 12 days later. “We’re striking about our health care,” Keith Wytiaz, a 25-year Post-Gazette pressman, told the Militant. “The…
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — More than 200 United Steelworkers members from U.S. Steel’s Gary Works braved rain and stiff winds to send a message to the corporation’s CEO, David Burritt, who was speaking here Oct. 11 to the local chapter of…
SAN FRANCISCO — After three days on strike, over 1,000 cooks, servers, dishwashers, baristas, lounge attendants and cashiers at San Francisco’s International Airport won a new contract Sept. 28. They got a $5 an hour wage increase over two years,…
PHILADELPHIA — Unionized graduate assistants at Temple University protested outside the school’s board of trustees meeting taking place at Charles Library here Oct. 11 demanding a new contract. The demonstration, organized by Temple University Graduate Student Assistants, American Federation of…
LARYMNA, Greece — A solidarity concert attended by over 250 mine and smelter workers, their families and area unionists and other supporters took place here Oct. 9, about a two-hour drive north of Athens. Larco, the largest nickel producer in…
STURTEVANT, Wis. — “We have a life outside of the job. I have three daughters ages 1, 10 and 13. I need to spend time with them, to raise them,” Case New Holland striker and United Auto Workers Local 180…
