Text version of the Militant, a socialist newspaper
Striking Los Angeles bus drivers win support Reach out to passengers, unionists to defend public transport   Strikes, protests engulf Yugoslavia   Palestinians face brutal Israeli crackdown   Marchers in Omaha back union drive at ConAgra   Radio interviews socialist candidate James Harris   Bush, Gore defend oil giants, scapegoat OPEC   Overall sales chart A socialist newsweekly published in the interests of working people Vol. 64/No. 39October 16, 2000   NY sanitation workers strike for wages, benefits Members of Local 108 of the Laborers International Union picket trucks of the Waste Management garbage disposal company in the Bronx, New York, on October 2, the first day of their strike. The 35 workers are demanding improved medical insurance and pension plans, an across-the-board wage increase of $1 an hour, and an increase in machine operators' wages to match those of workers employed at other companies. Hourly wages stand at $6.85.       Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home