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The proposed AEU agreement in the state of Victoria amounts to a further real pay cut, does nothing to address crushing workloads or class sizes and strips educators of the right to strike until 2030.
Democrats from LA City Hall to Sacramento colluded with union bureaucrats to strangle a 77,000-strong strike—then imposed more cuts.
Despite ratification, issues concerning poverty wages, housing assistance, healthcare premiums, parking costs and staffing protections will remain unaddressed and will continue to worsen until the contract’s expiration in 2029.
Demonstrating the bankruptcy of the union’s strategy, the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) suspended its strike as workers faced being locked out for the summer term and beyond.
After workers voted down a second UAW-backed contract by 73 percent, local union officials called a membership meeting for Sunday. The following is a statement by the Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee.
Days after making a splash in the local Calgary media by unveiling a new $75 million state-of-the-art warehouse facility, Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited unceremoniously axed an injured worker with 35 years at the company—essentially crying poor.
A “no” vote on the new TA and strike by the 1,300 Nexteer workers could spark a mass movement of auto parts workers and galvanize production workers at the Big Three factories.
Workers at the facility last month founded a rank-and-file committee affiliated with the national USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee, citing the failure of the American Postal Workers Union to enforce contractual rights or respond to safety hazards.
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