Author: Lallan Schoenstein

 Excerpted from a presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 17, 2023. First, we are excited to hear that Melinda Butterfield’s book “U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and Donbass” is […]

 An appeal from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) for solidarity  On Oct. 16, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions  (PGFTU) issued an urgent call for international trade unions to take […]

 The Port of Tacoma in Washington state was shut down by a picket line shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 6. Protesters swarmed the entrance with signs and chants: “No aid for Israel” and […]

 As the sun rose on Nov. 3, protesters began to pour into a site near Berth 20 in the Port of Oakland in California, where the U.S. military vessel MV Cape Orlando was preparing […]

In June, the union contract dispute between 22,000 longshore workers in 29 ports on the West Coast — members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) — and the port bosses — the Pacific […]

UPS Teamsters take a strike vote On June 12, the UPS Teamsters reported that 97% of the members voted to authorize a strike. The overwhelming unity of the members gives the union negotiating committee maximum […]