UMWA rallies build solidarity for 15-month strike in Alabama

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022
Alabama miners picket Warrior Met job fair to hire scabs in Pennington Gap, Virginia, June 24. Bosses refuse to honor promise to restore wages, benefits, conditions lost by UMWA members.

“This is an opportunity to send another message to Warrior Met,” United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said in a video posted for union members, urging workers to come to the weekly strike support meeting at the union…


Rail workers resist gov’t, boss attacks on safety, pay

US rail workers fight for right to strike, new contract
Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022
Freight train derails June 23 in Texas. Four days later Amtrak train hit truck, derailed in Missouri, killing four, injuring 150. Bosses’ profit drive endangers workers, nearby communities.

After working for nearly three years under an expired contract on the nation’s Class 1 freight rail lines, 23,000 engineers received strike ballots from their union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. But this doesn’t mean a strike is…


Bakery workers at Form-A-Feed in Wisconsin strike for pay raise

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. — Nine members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 22, went on strike at Form-A-Feed here June 13. They are the only union members among the over 200 workers at the company’s two mills,…


Nurses picket across Minnesota fighting for more staff, pay

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

HASTINGS, Minn. — Dozens of nurses and their supporters gathered outside the Allina Regina Hospital here June 21 in an informational picket. The central issue is management hiring more nurses to allow for better care and an end to schedules…


Bakery workers locked out in Quebec fight for wage raise

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec — Nearly two months after being locked out in response to a walkout, over 300 Quebec Bridor bakery workers continue their fight for wage raises to cover the cost of living as prices soar, and for safer work…


Ontario construction workers make gains as strikes continue

Vol. 86/No. 24 - July 4, 2022

Tens of thousands of Ontario construction workers in the housing and the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors have returned to work after winning significant wage increases through strike actions begun in May. Their goal has been to counter the galloping…


Build solidarity with CN rail signal workers strike battle across Canada!

Vol. 86/No. 24 - July 4, 2022
June 20 picket line at Vancouver, British Columbia, rail yard at start of signal workers strike. IBEW members are fighting for wage increases, humane work schedules, safety.

MONTREAL — Some 750 signal and communications workers, members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, went on strike against the Canadian National Railway June 18 after negotiations broke down and the bosses demanded the union agree to submit unresolved…


Alabama miners win solidarity in strike against Warrior Met Coal

Vol. 86/No. 24 - July 4, 2022

Striking Warrior Met coal miners “are fighting against powerful forces in Alabama who want nothing more than to strip away everything we’ve earned,” United Mine Workers of America Secretary-Treasurer Brian Sanson told the national convention of the AFL-CIO union federation…


Newark nurses strike over safety, staffing levels

Vol. 86/No. 23 - June 13, 2022
Striking New Jersey nurses rally May 24. Margarita Prodon, with sign, explained conditions nurses face.

NEWARK, N.J. — The 350 nurses and technicians at St. Michael’s Medical Center here, members of JNESO Council 1 International Union of Operating Engineers, struck May 23 for a decent contract. “During negotiations, management has demonstrated a lack of willingness…


Chevron oil workers vote to end California strike

Vol. 86/No. 23 - June 13, 2022

RICHMOND, Calif. — After 10 weeks on strike, hundreds of workers at the Chevron refinery here voted May 27-28 to accept the latest company offer and return to work. The contract was similar to the one they rejected twice, before…