The Association of Flight Attendants union called protests at nearly 20 airports in the United States, Guam and the United Kingdom for April 11. It’s one of many protests the three flight attendants’ unions have called in their hard-fought battle…
MONTREAL —Canada’s two major railroads — Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City — both filed a “notice of dispute” with the federal government Feb. 16, making it clear that the rail bosses intend to wage a combined fight against…
The 239 Unifor union members at Canadian National Railway’s Autoport in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, have been on strike since Feb. 27. CN bosses have brought in scabs and filed for an injunction against the strikers’ right to picket. The…
LOS ANGELES — More than 200 hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 11, and their supporters held a press conference on the steps of the InterContinental Hotel here March 25 to celebrate their victory after ratifying the contracts the…
ATLANTA — Some 4,300 Volkswagen autoworkers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote on union recognition April 17-19, aimed at bringing the United Auto Workers in to represent them. The election was set after union supporters filed what they called a “supermajority”…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hundreds of nurses and supporters picketed outside the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center here April 2, the first day of a three-day strike by over 3,000 members of the Registered Nurses Professional Association at three county…
SAINTE-CATHERINE, Quebec — “It’s clear the company is out to try to bust our union,” Steve Nault, president of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) local at Terrapure here, told the Militant on their picket line March 20. “They…
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — “This is our third three-day strike at this hotel since July,” Maria Gurrola told the Militant on the picket line at the DoubleTree here March 16. “We’re fighting for higher pay and better conditions. “Even if…
MONTREAL — Rejecting a “settlement” imposed by government and boss-backed compulsory arbitration, 350 school bus drivers for the Transco company voted March 7 to accept a conciliator’s proposal and end their four-month strike. The drivers are members of the Confederation…
FORT WORTH, Texas — Over 300 workers joined a spirited Teamsters Local 997 rally outside the Molson Coors brewery here March 17, marking one month on strike by 420 union members. The rally was too big to hold on the…
