MONTREAL — Some 420,000 public workers went on strike for the first time Nov. 6, demanding a new contract with the Quebec government. A majority of them are health and education workers united in a Common Front of four union…
ALSIP, Ill. — Sixty mechanics, parts-counter workers and other members of International Association of Machinists Mechanics’ Union Local 701 went out on strike at M&K Truck Centers in this south Chicago suburb Nov. 1. They are pushing back against the…
COVENTRY, England — Beginning Nov. 7, 1,000 Amazon workers at the distribution center here carried out a three-day strike, fighting for union recognition and a wage raise. The members of the General Municipal and Boilermakers union announced they will walk…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party participating in the Portland Book Festival Nov. 4 took advantage of the opportunity to bring solidarity to two strikes in the area. The first-ever strike by members of the…
SYDNEY — Chanting “Killer stone — Ban it now!” thousands of construction workers, members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, marched here Oct. 26 and rallied outside the New South Wales state Parliament. The protest was called by…
WARRINGTON, England — Some 65 refuse workers employed by the Labour Party-led Warrington Borough Council and organized by the Unite union have voted for a third wave of strike action. Their first set of strike days began Oct. 3, part…
LOS ANGELES — Chanting “Se ve, se siente, la unión esta presente” and “Unete, unete, a la lucha unete” (“You can see it, you can feel it, the union is here” and “Join, join, join the fight”), hundreds of hotel…
CHICAGO — Over 200 United Airlines flight attendants rallied and held an informational picket line at O’Hare International Airport here Oct. 26 to protest the lack of progress in negotiating a new contract. The action was one of some 20…
MINNEAPOLIS — At an informational picket at the Abbott Northwestern Hospital here Oct. 26, some 100 Minnesota Nurses Association members and Service Employees International Union members who work in the same hospitals got out the word about the dangers both…
DETROIT — “Strike City! Detroit is Strike City!” The chant echoed through Hart Plaza here as hundreds of strikers from Detroit’s three big casinos, their family members and other unionists rallied Oct. 19, the third day of their walkout. The…
