MONTREAL — Some 600 workers at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), have been locked out here since Nov. 20. This is the largest hotel in Quebec, with 950 rooms. Since the…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — As they enter their second week on strike, over 1,500 bus drivers, light-rail operators, mechanics and office workers here, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, continue to maintain strong picket lines in their fight against…
MONTREAL — Some 1,000 unionists rallied here March 14 to demand the Quebec government withdraw the proposed anti-labor Bill 89. They rallied near the Plaza Centre-Ville where Quebec Minister of Labour Jean Boulet was scheduled to speak. The bill would…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over 1,500 bus drivers, light-rail operators, mechanics and office workers, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, went on strike against the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority here March 10. The system transports 100,000 people a…
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — “10 Roads is making a lot of money and not sharing it. They should call it ‘10 Cash Registers.’ That’s why we’re camped out here,” Bert Mitchell, a member of Teamsters Local 727, told the Militant on…
PALMETTO, Ga. — A determined group of six Teamsters, members of Local 728, have been staffing the picket line at the 10 Roads Express satellite yard here every day since Feb. 27 when they joined 500 others in eight states…
EDMONTON, Alberta — Over 6,600 school workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, are on strike across Alberta for higher wages. The workers include educational assistants, cafeteria workers, librarians, administrative office workers and custodians. “Many of us have…
NEW YORK — Loud chants of “Union power, worker strong!” echoed up and down the street in front of the Alamo Drafthouse dine-in theater in Lower Manhattan March 7. Car drivers honked in support and passersby stopped to take a…
NEWARK, N.J. — On the 10 Roads Express picket line here March 1, two truckers and their Teamsters Local 641 representative discussed their strike with Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, who came to offer solidarity.…
MONTREAL — The basic right to free speech and assembly were at the heart of the defense in the frame-up criminal trials of Pat King, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, the most prominent spokespersons for the three-week 2022 “Freedom Convoy”…
