EVERETT, Mass. — Chanting “25, on strike! 26, on strike!” over 200 workers picketed Sept. 5 at the entrance to the Encore Boston Harbor, a hotel and casino here. The chant referred to the two unions — UNITE HERE Local…
PITTSBURGH — “‘Little to no change’: Central Appalachia black lung disease hits 50-year high,” was a headline in an article here in response to a sobering report on the continuing increase in deadly black lung in miners published by scientists…
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Nearly 100 striking Teamsters, members of Local 639, and their supporters, held a lively rally outside of Verbal Beginnings here Aug. 27. “Who are we?” shouted one striker, “Teamsters!” the pickets yelled back. Verbal Beginnings is a…
SEATTLE — Over 100 unionists joined the striking UNITE HERE Local 8 workers on their picket line in front of the Embassy Suites Hotel Aug. 20. “We are fighting for ourselves, but also because if we win this strike it…
HAYWARD, Calif. — Over 350 Teamster ready-mix concrete drivers at CalPortland in northern California ended a two-week strike Aug. 20, overwhelmingly ratifying a one-year contract. “I feel really good about it,” driver Rudy Gomez told the Militant. “They were trying…
CENTER CITY, Minn. — After a hard-fought, monthslong strike, some 170 Government Services Professionals and Human Services workers, members of Teamsters Local 320, ratified a new three-year contract with Chisago County Commissioners here Aug. 28. “The agreement addresses two main…
TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec — Over 100 Steelworkers and others gathered in front of the Siemens Energy electrical transformer plant here Aug. 28 for a barbecue picnic to support the 105 United Steelworkers Local 8396 members locked out April 15. “The fight…
SAN FRANCISCO — Fifteen spirited pickets from UNITE HERE Local 2 chanted and banged on pots Aug. 16 outside Hotel Spero here, concluding a five-day strike. The workers have been without a contract for four years. In March the hotel…
Over 1,700 members of Teamsters Local 455 who work at the Cargill meat processing plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, voted by a large majority Aug. 17 to approve a new five-year contract and to return to work. They were locked…
GRIFFITH, Ind. — A special benefit concert is being put on here by three bands — the Effigies, the Bollweevils and the Rumble — to raise money and build solidarity for the 800 oil refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers…
