In a blow to the drive by liberal Democrats and President Joe Biden’s Justice Department to prosecute and imprison hundreds for their part in the Jan. 6, 2021, “breach” of the Capitol, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols dismissed a key…
MINNEAPOLIS — Some 4,500 teachers and professional support staff, represented by Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59, went on strike March 8. The school district has hard-balled the workers’ needs in negotiations so the union authorized the strike by 97%.…
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Members of the International Association of Machinists on strike at Eaton Corporation’s Mission Systems Division here voted March 4 to reject for a second time a company takeback contract. The vote was 97% against. IAM Local 388…
President Joseph Biden’s State of the Union speech March 1 kicked off an effort to use Moscow’s bloody invasion of Ukraine to justify strengthening the U.S. imperialist war machine. “We, the United States of America, stand with the Ukrainian people,”…
PHILADELPHIA — It took less than 90 minutes March 4 for a Philadelphia jury to find Brandon Bostian, the engineer during the 2015 Amtrak derailment where eight people died and more than 200 were injured, not guilty of all charges…
TROY, Ohio — “UAW Locked out!” declared signs carried by dozens of workers, members of the United Auto Workers Local 128, at two plant gates outside Collins Aerospace here Feb. 26. Passing drivers honked in support. Ellen Brickley, Jacquie Henderson…
After three years probing former President Donald Trump’s alleged financial skullduggery, two leading Manhattan prosecutors, Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz, quit Feb. 23, convinced there would be no prosecution of Trump. The grand jury they were running, empaneled as part…
LOS ANGELES — “Management and the corporate office believed we would break once we didn’t have a paycheck or health insurance. We didn’t,” strike leader Miguel Perez told the Militant at the victorious conclusion of 113-day walkout at the Rich’s…
BEAUMONT, Texas — After a punishing 10-month lockout by ExxonMobil bosses at their refinery and processing plant here, members of United Steelworkers Local 13-243 approved the latest company contract offer 214 to 133. Over 600 workers were locked out May…
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of UPS workers converged on the company’s headquarters here Feb. 23 to protest pay cuts bosses imposed on part-time workers’ wages. They came from San Jose, Richmond, Sunnyvale, and beyond. Similar protests took place in Philadelphia…
