Locked out for four months, Prelco unionists stand firm

Vol. 88/No. 41 - November 4, 2024

MONTREAL — Over 100 locked-out Prelco workers and their supporters gathered in front of this industrial glass manufacturer here Oct. 18 for a solidarity concert and food. The 90 members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) have been…


Canada port, rail workers back each others’ right to strike

Vol. 88/No. 41 - November 4, 2024

MONTREAL — Port and railroad union members in Quebec and across Canada are fighting for better pay to cope with high prices and more livable schedules. On Oct. 7, Longshoremen’s Union Local 375, an affiliate of Canadian Union of Public…


Striking Boston hotel workers score a win

Vol. 88/No. 41 - November 4, 2024

BOSTON — The “Make them pay!” chants, blaring air horns and drumming of the UNITE HERE Local 26 strikers can be heard  blocks away from the Downtown Theater District here. Three weeks into their strike at the Hilton Park Plaza…


Letter carriers rallies mark over 500 days without contract

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Postal workers rally, one of many in U.S., in Minneapolis Oct. 14.

MINNEAPOLIS — Close to 100 members of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9 and their supporters rallied in front of the main post office here Oct. 14. The action was part of a series of coordinated protests mounted by…


Seattle union support grows for machinists Boeing strike

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

SEATTLE — Over 500 workers on strike at Boeing packed the International Association of Machinists Local 751 hall here Oct. 15, chanting, “One day longer, one day stronger” and “Pension! Pension!” Hundreds more spilled outside the hall, where supporters from…


1970: When postal workers said ‘enough’ and went on strike

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Cartoon from March 1970 special Militant issue backing postal strike. At the time President Richard Nixon, on top of pile of letters, threatened to order the U.S. Army to deliver the mail.

Over the past two weeks, postal workers — members of the American Postal Workers Union, National Association of Letter Carriers and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association — have organized protest actions across the country against the government, which has refused…


Fired for joining a union, Dallas Black Dancers hold protest

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

DALLAS — “Tear up your ticket, join our picket!” and “Dallas Black, bring them back!” were two of the spirited chants by 50 pickets backing the fired Dallas Black Dancers here Oct. 11. They were protesting at the Dallas Black…


Michigan aerospace workers strike over pensions, wages

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024

JACKSON, Mich. — “17 Days of Solidarity” read the handwritten sign at the United Auto Workers Local 475 strike tent where workers are picketing 24/7. Treat-filled tables and honks of encouragement showed the support some 525 strikers against Eaton Aerospace…


Endeavor flight attendants protest for equal pay in Atlanta

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024
Endeavor Air flight attendants and supporters protest at Delta Air Lines headquarters in Hapeville, Georgia, Oct. 3, demanding equal pay with Delta flight attendants, improved conditions.

HAPEVILLE, Ga. — Marching behind a big red banner that read “Same work, poverty pay. End the Delta disparity difference,” some 50 Endeavor Air flight attendants, backed by pilots and other supporters, held a spirited protest at Delta Air Lines…


Monogram UAW workers hang tough in California strike

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024

COMMERCE, Calif. — With over two months on strike against the bosses at Monogram Aerospace Fasteners here, United Auto Workers Local 509 members are determined to come out on top. “The one exciting thing that’s come out of this is…