Quebec Molson brewery workers strike for wages and respect

Vol. 86/No. 17 - May 2, 2022

MONTREAL — Over 400 workers at the Molson-Coors brewery and distribution center here went on strike March 25. Key issues are the bosses’ inadequate wage offer, where workers would actually lose ground to inflation, and the company’s demand to impose…


Quebec Sobeys warehouse workers strike for pay raise

Vol. 86/No. 16 - April 25, 2022

TERREBONNE, Quebec — “I’m fed up being run by threats,” striker Patrick Sirois told the Militant  on the Sobeys distribution center picket line here April 9. The 190 United Food and Commercial Workers Local 501 members, on strike since Feb.…


‘Now real fight begins’ to win union at Amazon in Staten Island

Vol. 86/No. 16 - April 25, 2022

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “Now the real fight begins,” Amazon worker Angelika Maldonado, a packer on night shift, told a press conference here April 8. She was referring to Amazon bosses’ moves to overturn the election where a solid majority…


Back miners, Ukraine independence fight!

Vol. 86/No. 16 - April 25, 2022

The breadth of union support shown for striking Alabama coal miners against Warrior Met bosses at their April 6 rally shows the readiness of workers to throw support behind this fight. Inspired by the miners’ determination, more solidarity can be…



Alabama rally backs miners strike against Warrior Met

Vol. 86/No. 15 - April 18, 2022
Alabama rally backs miners strike against Warrior Met

MCCALLA, Alabama — United Mine Workers of America members who’ve been on strike for a year against Warrior Met Coal were joined in a solidarity rally here April 6 by hundreds of unionists from across the South and Midwest. Over…


Workers win union vote at NY Amazon warehouse

Vol. 86/No. 15 - April 18, 2022

STATEN ISLAND, New York — Showing a growing desire to resist speedup, unsafe conditions, bosses’ disrespect and the need to win higher wages, workers at the massive JFK8 Amazon warehouse here voted 2,654 to 2,131 in favor of the Amazon…


App-based drivers demand ‘living wage’ as gas prices soar

Vol. 86/No. 15 - April 18, 2022

NEW YORK — More than 70 drivers for app-based ride-share and food delivery companies caravanned from Brooklyn to Uber headquarters in Manhattan March 29. They are demanding relief from sky-high gas prices that threaten their livelihood, and arbitrary “deactivations” by…


Bay Area unionists in solidarity action with Chevron strikers

Vol. 86/No. 15 - April 18, 2022

RICHMOND, Calif. — Dozens of unionists, including Teamsters, Machinists, Electrical Workers and others, joined the picket line at the Chevron refinery here March 28 to show solidarity with oil workers on strike. The action was called by the Contra Costa…