BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec — Over 300 workers have been locked out at the Bridor industrial bakery plant here since April 25 for demanding a wage hike to keep up with the cost of living. Bridor locked out the members of the…
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Dozens of striking refinery workers and family members picketed the Chevron corporate headquarters here May 10, waving signs saying, “Enough is enough, bargain in good faith,” “Safe refineries save lives,” and “500 strong striking at Chevron.”…
LONDON — “Our living expenses are increasing so we need better pay,” striking train cleaner Rositsa Tomova told the Militant outside St. Pancras International railway station here April 30. Tomova led other strikers, members of the Rail Maritime and Transport…
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Five days after 5,000 nurses, members of the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement, struck the Stanford Health Care system — based at Stanford University in Palo Alto — they voted by an 83% majority to approve…
TORONTO — Over 1,500 dump truck drivers in the Greater Toronto Area ended their six-week strike May 1, when they reached agreement with area bosses to set a standard hourly rate of 120 Canadian dollars ($93) an hour for bulk…
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Thousands of nurses walked off the job April 25 and began picketing outside both Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital here, in a strike over understaffing, work stress, wages, retiree health benefits and access to…
RICHMOND, Calif. — Several dozen workers and their families joined striking refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, at a picket line rally outside the Chevron refinery here April 7. The expanded picketing was part of ongoing efforts by…
MONTREAL — “We’ll stay out as long as we need to,” to force the excavation bosses to sign a contract, Jasvir Dhaliwal told the Militant April 16. Some 1,500 truck drivers who have been out on strike in the Greater…
MONTREAL — Over 400 workers at the Molson-Coors brewery and distribution center here went on strike March 25. Key issues are the bosses’ inadequate wage offer, where workers would actually lose ground to inflation, and the company’s demand to impose…
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “Now the real fight begins,” Amazon worker Angelika Maldonado, a packer on night shift, told a press conference here April 8. She was referring to Amazon bosses’ moves to overturn the election where a solid majority…
