8,400 King Soopers strikers fight over wages, two-tiers

Vol. 86/No. 4 - January 31, 2022

ARVADA, Colo. — The strike by some 8,400 United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 members against the giant Kroger’s grocery chain King Soopers remains strong, with picket lines set up here and throughout the greater Denver area, from Boulder…


Thousands strike King Soopers groceries in Colorado

Vol. 86/No. 3 - January 24, 2022

ARVADA, Colo. — Some 8,400 grocery store workers, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, went out on strike Jan. 12 at 87 stores in the region. They are fighting for better wages and working conditions, and against…


San Diego-area sanitation strikers fight for wages, safety

Vol. 86/No. 3 - January 24, 2022
Sanitation workers in Teamsters Local 542 stand firm in nearly four-week strike against Republic Services in the San Diego area demanding wages on par with company’s workers elsewhere.

SAN DIEGO — Sanitation workers on strike at Republic Services in the San Diego area remain on the picket lines after voting down a new offer by the company Jan. 6. Workers are demanding higher wages, on a par with…


Donaire strikers in LA fight for respect, decent pay

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022
Donaire strikers in LA fight for respect, decent pay

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — “Morale is good, nobody has walked in,” strike leader Miguel Perez told the Militant  Jan. 3, “even though the company canceled our insurance at the end of December.” The strike by 175 Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco…


HarperCollins strikers fight for higher wages, union rights

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022

NEW YORK — “We’re fighting for higher wages and union security,” Laura Harshberger, a senior production editor and chair of the bargaining unit at HarperCollins, told the Militant. Some 200 workers — hourly employees in editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal…


NY Teamsters strike at United Metro Energy enters ninth month

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022
Teamsters Local 553 members and supporters picket United Metro Energy in Brooklyn, New York, Dec. 14. Workers are demanding pay equal to other area fuel-terminal operators.

NEW YORK — Fourteen workers, members of Teamsters Local 553 in Brooklyn, have been on strike against United Metro Energy Corp. since last April. They are fighting to win wages and conditions that match what workers at other fuel-terminal operators…


California hospital engineers end strike

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022

OAKLAND, Calif. — After 90 days on the picket line, with Kaiser management still refusing to budge on its insulting concession demands, the 700 stationary engineers on strike at 24 Northern California hospitals ended their strike Dec. 18. Officials of…


Ironworkers end strike at Erie Strayer, win dental plan

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022

PITTSBURGH — After 75 days on strike, the 40 members of Ironworkers Regional Shop Local 851 at Erie Strayer Company approved a new contract Dec. 19. It includes a dental plan for the first time and higher wage raises than…


Fight for workers control of production!

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022

“This is all about control for them, control over union rights,” locked-out oil refinery worker Darrell Kyle told the Militant, referring to ExxonMobil bosses’ assault on the United Steelworkers union in Beaumont, Texas. Like other workers walking picket lines, Steelworkers…


Sanitation workers strike for safety, pay in California

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Some 250 sanitation workers in the San Diego area continue to walk picket lines here since going on strike Dec. 17 against Republic Services. Members of Teamsters Local 542, many in rain gear for the winter…