Dockworkers vote on contract as gov’t threatens intervention

Vol. 87/No. 29 - August 7, 2023
International Longshore and Warehouse Canada picket line in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 1. Workers are demanding wage increase to cover inflation, job protection.

MONTREAL — Under threats by the federal government in Ottawa to consider “all options” to force an end to a strike by 7,400 British Columbia dockworkers at West Coast port facilities, the International Longshore and Warehouse Canada union’s Contract Caucus…


Casino workers in Quebec on strike for higher wages

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023

MONTREAL — Some 1,700 workers at four casinos and gaming halls owned by the government corporation Lotto Quebec have been on strike since June 23 across the province. The strikers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), work…


Steelworkers strike over wages, workers’ deaths in Ontario

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023

HAMILTON, Ontario — Some 1,450 members of United Steelworkers Local 7135 went on strike here June 29 against National Steel Car, a major railroad freight car manufacturer in Canada. A wage increase that covers inflation and the dangerous working conditions…


Canada ILWU dockers set new strike deadline

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023

MONTREAL — Some 7,400 longshore workers on Canada’s West Coast docks, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, were set to go back on strike July 19, after the union’s leadership rejected a tentative deal that had ended…


160,000 actors join Writers Guild in nationwide strike

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023
Some 160,000 members of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike July 13, joining Writers Guild of America members who struck May 2.

LOS ANGELES — A spirited picket of 300 actors and writers carried signs and chanted outside Netflix’s office here July 17. Daily protests are being held outside major studios across Southern California, the heart of the movie industry. Actions are…


Teamster ‘practice pickets’ prepare for national strike

UPS breaks off talks as July 31 deadline looms
Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023
UPS workers at “practice strike picket” outside depot in Fremont, California, July 18. Thousands of Teamster members have joined similar actions outside UPS facilities around the country.

PHILADELPHIA — Teamsters at UPS held two “practice pickets” here July 13, part of similar actions across the country in preparation for a potential strike at the end of the month. The package delivery outfit is the largest unionized private…


Delta workers march in Minneapolis, fight for a union

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023
Rally at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport July 14 organized by Delta Air Lines workers fighting for union representation for ramp workers, flight attendants and mechanics who work there.

MINNEAPOLIS — A rally was held on July 14 at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport by Delta Air Lines workers in a number of crafts fighting for a union. The action was organized by a coalition of ramp workers wanting to be…


Illinois aerospace workers strike rally draws solidarity

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

BEDFORD PARK, Ill. — Four days after voting down Northstar Aerospace bosses’ “best, last and final offer,” 123 International Union of Electrical Workers/CWA Local 14430 members went on strike at midnight June 5. They organized a picket line rally here…


Pittsburgh rally backs striking Wabtec workers

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Pittsburgh rally backs striking Wabtec workers

PITTSBURGH — Two hundred and fifty people rallied at the Wabtec corporate headquarters here July 6 to back 1,400 members of United Electrical Workers Locals 506 and 618. The locals have been on strike at the company’s locomotive manufacturing plant…


‘The company has been taking,’ IFF strikers say. ‘No more!’

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — “I’m glad I went on strike,” Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G member Macon Thornton told the Militant at their picket line here across from the International Flavors and Fragrances plant July 3. “I’ve…