LOS ANGELES — Over 40,000 nurses and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals went on strike for five days starting Oct. 14. “Kaiser pushed us to the end,” Tina Chin, a physician assistant in neurosurgery, told the Militant…
RICHMOND, Calif. — Workers picketed outside the Safeway bread plant here Oct. 5, protesting company abuse and refusal to grant union demands. The workers, members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 125, have been working under an…
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Two hundred Frontier customer call center workers, members of Communications Workers of America Local 9588, rallied here Sept. 28 to highlight their fight for better wages, affordable health care and safety on the job. “We need…
MONTREAL — Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, who were spokespeople for the February 2022 protest in Ottawa by hundreds of truckers and others, were sentenced to 18 and 12 months respectively Oct. 7. Dozens of supporters attended the hearing. Both…
WASHINGTON — Some 100 members of the National Black Lung Association — coal miners, wives, widows and other family members and friends — rallied here Oct. 14, along with members of the United Mine Workers of America. They’re demanding the…
PHILADELPHIA — UNITE HERE Local 274 members at two union-organized Philadelphia hotels went on strike Oct. 5. There are 150 union workers at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown, and 40 at Hampton Inn Center City. This is the first strike at…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Public service workers here represented by the B.C. General Employees’ Union are expanding their strike over wages and conditions, and winning widespread labor support. Over 5,000 strikers and their supporters marched and rallied in Victoria Oct. 6…
MONTREAL — Some 51,000 teachers in Alberta walked off the job Oct. 6 in a fight against overcrowded classrooms and the erosion of public education, and for wages that keep up with inflation. They had previously voted by close to…
BROCKVILLE, Ontario — On Sept. 11 some 10,000 full-time support staff at Ontario’s 24 colleges, members of the Ontario Public Sector Employees Union, went on strike for job security, better wages and benefits. They include disability support staff, library technicians,…
OTTAWA, Ontario — Some 500 drivers for the Blue Line Taxi company, members of Unifor Local 1688, have been on strike here since Sept. 19. They voted to walk out by 94%. Many striking drivers joined an Oct. 1 solidarity…
