Australia: Early childhood educators in Victoria set to strike
Educators remain trapped in a cycle of low pay, excessive workloads and chronic staff shortages.
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San Francisco teachers strike ends under looming budget cuts, layoffs
Immediately after announcing the tentative agreement, the union shut down the strike. Superintendent Maria Su warned of impending layoffs and budget cuts.
Jonathan Burleigh, Aurya Zee, David Benson•
Job cuts and restructuring continue at Australian universities, facilitated by the trade unions
Union deals and enterprise agreements are enabling the Albanese Labor government’s pro-corporate and pro-military restructuring of universities.
A Western Sydney University Rank-and-File Committee member•
New York University contract faculty threaten strike action to win first contract
The current strike authorization vote, which goes from February 9 to 20, comes after more than a year of bargaining where NYU administration has rejected key demands, according to the union.
Elliott Murtagh•
Marc Wells, Kimie Saito•
Rafael Azul•
Meg Bourne•
Nancy Hanover, Jane Wise, Tom Hall•
A Macquarie University Rank-and-File Committee member•
Reject CWU/Labour government whitewash of Royal Mail crisis: for rank-and-file opposition to corporate collusion
Public anger must not be diverted, nor our independent organisation blocked against renewed attacks on jobs, terms and conditions and the crippling workloads imposed by those responsible for a wrecking operation.
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Australia: Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee supports striking US nurses and healthcare workers
Australian doctors, nurses, pathology and disability support workers, as well as other hospital services employees, passed a powerful resolution backing the determined strike action by health workers in New York, California and Hawaii.
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Thomas “TJ” Sabula is back at work—but the lessons must be learned
Ford worker Thomas “TJ” Sabula has reportedly returned to work after being suspended without pay for calling Donald Trump a “pedophile protector” during the president's January 13 tour of the plant.
Ford Rouge Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Which way forward after the nurses’ rejection of the agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital?
Determined to win safe staffing and secure workplaces, the nurses must now wrest control of the strike from the union bureaucrats, expand the struggle to other hospitals and adopt a new strategy based on rank-and-file power and political independence.
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Carl Bronski•
Transport Workers Action Committee•
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
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