Striking Teamsters rally at San Francisco airport

Vol. 89/No. 15 - April 21, 2025
Striking Teamsters rally at San Francisco airport

SAN FRANCISCO — In their second week on strike, drivers for Flying Food Group, a catering company at the San Francisco International Airport, rallied at the airport April 7. “We’re united, we’re solid,” Norber Naguit, a driver with nine years…


PSA flight attendants protest for equal pay

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025

PSA Airlines flight attendants, who are members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, organized protests at the airline’s four hubs across the country March 26 — in Charlotte, North Carolina; Dayton, Ohio; Philadelphia; and Washington, D.C. PSA, a subsidiary of…


Court orders San Jose strikers back to work

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025
Members of Amalgamated Transit Union in San Jose picket March 17. Judge ordered strikers back to work March 26.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The 17-day strike of public transit workers here ended abruptly March 26 after a Santa Clara County judge ordered the strikers back to work. It was a blow to the 1,500 bus drivers, light-rail workers and…


Back BCTGM workers on strike at Knappen Milling in Michigan

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025

AUGUSTA, Mich. — Twenty workers at Knappen Milling, members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 3G, went on strike here March 11. The workers, who make baking flour, are fighting for wages that keep up with sky-high…


Hotel workers win longest strike in Canadian history

Vol. 89/No. 13 - April 7, 2025

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After a strike battle that lasted 1,411 days — nearly four years — members of UNITE HERE Local 40 registered an important victory ratifying a new contract. “Being brave paid off for workers at the Radisson…


6,600 Alberta school workers win strike, make wage gains

Vol. 89/No. 13 - April 7, 2025

MONTREAL — School workers in Alberta, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, made major wage gains in a series of strikes that began in Fort McMurray last November. There were nine groups of workers and 6,600 workers on…


Airline kitchen workers protest in Los Angeles, other cities

Vol. 89/No. 13 - April 7, 2025

LOS ANGELES — Workers at LSG Sky Chefs, members of UNITE HERE Local 11, marched and chanted at the airport demanding the bosses agree to a union contract that includes higher wages, better benefits, pensions, as well as dignity and…


San Jose transit workers reject contract, continue strike

Vol. 89/No. 13 - April 7, 2025
San Jose transit workers reject contract, continue strike

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As they entered the third week of their strike here, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 voted by 83% to reject the latest offer by the Valley Transportation Authority March 24. The vote reflects widespread…


Postal workers rally for new contracts and defense of jobs

Vol. 89/No. 13 - April 7, 2025

“My son doesn’t understand why I came to the rally today,” Marsha Outly, a letter carrier in Chicago who retired after 32 years, told the Militant March 23. “I explained that I’m here for the farmers, for the elderly. They…


United flight attendants rally across US for new contract

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
United flight attendants rally across US for new contract

NEWARK, N.J. — Some 75 United Airlines flight attendants, members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and their supporters joined a spirited action at Newark Liberty International Airport here March 19. It was part of nearly 20 actions at airports…