Quebec farmers rally against gov’t policies

Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Quebec — More than 65 tractors, with their front bumpers sporting signs such as “Feeding your family is our profession,” came from throughout the region to join a rally of over 300 farmers and their supporters here April 10.…


Fight for workers control of production, safety

Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024

Year after year thousands of workers die on the job as a result of speedup and unsafe conditions pushed by the bosses. The lives of these workers will be commemorated by the labor movement on Workers Memorial Day April 28.…


Memphis BCTGM workers return to work, fight goes on

Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After almost 10 months of a hard-fought strike battle, members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G at International Flavors and Fragrances here decided March 28 to return to work and continue their…



Molson Coors workers stand strong in Texas strike

Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024

SOUTH FORT WORTH, Texas — Members of Teamsters Local 997 at Molson Coors here are standing firm in their strike against the brewery bosses. The strike began Feb. 17 after 93% of the local’s members voted to reject the bosses’…


Food workers strike Aramark in Philadelphia over wages, benefits

Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024
Hundreds of Aramark food service workers who staff concessions at stadiums and arenas in South Philadelphia hold one-day strike April 9 demanding better wages, health care.

PHILADELPHIA — Hundreds of exuberant food service workers at the Wells Fargo Center here went on a one-day strike April 9 against their boss, Aramark. The workers staff concession stands at Philadelphia Flyers, 76ers and Wings games, as well as…



Calif. nurses: ‘We’re out here striking for our patients’

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024
Striking nurses picket at Santa Clara County hospital in Gilroy, California, April 3. They are protesting bosses’ failure to take steps to eliminate understaffing that impacts care for patients.

GILROY, Calif. — Nurses carried out a spirited four-day strike at Santa Clara County hospitals April 2-5, with loud picket lines outside two hospitals in San Jose and one here. When supporters of the Socialist Workers Party campaign of Rachele…


Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers file for UAW recognition

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

ATLANTA — “We feel great,” Jim Spitzley, a Mercedes-Benz worker in Vance, Alabama, and veteran fighter for representation by the United Auto Workers, told the Militant by phone April 7. “Everyone at work is excited that we filed for the…


Canadian National Autoport workers vote up new contract

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Unifor Local 100 members at Autoport in Eastern Passage voted to accept the latest company offer and return to work. The plant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. The deal provides 3%, 2.5%…