Scaffolders strike giant steel works in United Kingdom

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

SCUNTHORPE, England —– Scaffolders at the giant British Steel site here, members of the Unite union, have been on strike since Oct. 4. They are demanding their basic wage be raised in line with the National Agreement for the Engineering…


‘We are fighting for respect,’ say Montreal hotel strikers

Vol. 85/ No. 39 - October 25, 2021

MONTREAL — To the sound of loud cheers and music, Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) strikers from the Hilton hotel in Quebec City joined DoubleTree hotel pickets here Oct. 5. The joint action by the workers was called in…


Cereal maintenance workers in UK fight wage cuts

Vol. 85/ No. 39 - October 25, 2021

BURTON LATIMER, England — Maintenance engineers at Weetabix breakfast cereal manufacturing plants are fighting attacks on their schedules and wages. Members of the Unite union just concluded the third of 11 planned weekly two-day work stoppages Oct. 6. “The company…


Michigan auto-parts workers strike, win UAW union

Vol. 85/ No. 39 - October 25, 2021

Some 340 workers won union recognition for the United Auto Workers after a weeklong strike in September at auto-parts supplier ZF International at its Marysville, Michigan, plant. The axle factory was previously owned by Fiat Chrysler and had been under…


Striking stationary engineers protest Kaiser hospital bosses

Vol. 85/No. 38 - October 18, 2021

OAKLAND, Calif. — Chants of “What do we want? Contract!” echoed in the downtown here Sept. 30, as hundreds of stationary engineers on strike against Kaiser Permanente hospitals marched to the company’s headquarters. They came from Oakland, San Francisco, San…


Staffing, bad conditions key in Buffalo Mercy hospital strike

Vol. 85/No. 38 - October 18, 2021
Strikers at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, New York, face off against van carrying strikebreakers. Some 2,000 union members struck Oct. 1 over staffing shortages, unsafe working conditions.

About 2,000 nurses, X-ray technicians and medical support workers who belong to Communications Workers of America Local 1133 went on strike at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, New York, Oct. 1. Hundreds massed outside cheered as fellow workers on duty streamed…


App taxi drivers’ union grows, organizes protests across UK

Vol. 85/No. 38 - October 18, 2021

MANCHESTER, England — “We need protection from the way Uber treats us. We need to stand together, it’s the only way,” Nasir Khan, one of about 25 Uber taxi drivers enthusiastically protesting outside its Manchester hub Sept. 29, told the…


Delivery workers score victory over temp contracts, ‘freelancing’

Vol. 85/No. 38 - October 18, 2021

ATHENS, Greece — Delivery workers for the company efood, a subsidiary here of the international company Delivery Hero, won permanent contracts after strike action and a large protest. The two unions at the app-based company — the Rank-and-File Assembly of…


Quebec hotel workers strike, rally in fight for new contracts

Vol. 85/No. 37 - October 11, 2021

MONTREAL — Some 2,000 workers at a score of hotels organized by the CSN (Federation of National Trade Unions) held a one-day strike in Quebec Sept. 17. Three big rallies took place here, in Quebec City and in Sherbrooke. “On…


Quebec: Thousands of child care workers begin series of strikes

Vol. 85/No. 37 - October 11, 2021

MONTREAL — Eleven thousand workers at 7,000 child care centers (CPEs) across Quebec carried out the first of 10 one-day strikes Sept. 24. They are demanding the Quebec government agree to a 20% wage increase over four years to bring…