Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
8 October 2016
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7 October 2016
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Workers struggles mount in run-up to US election
By Jerry White, 6 October 2016
Strikes by nurses, orchestra musicians other sections of public and private sector workers reveals the broad scope of social opposition in the United States.
Harvard dining hall workers strike over health insurance, wages
By Kate Randall, 6 October 2016
The strike by Harvard University Dining Services workers is the first since 1983, and the first ever during the academic year.
Faculty set October 19 strike date at Pennsylvania universities
By Samuel Davidson, 6 October 2016
Professors and faculty members at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-run universities have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike against cuts to health benefits and the expanded use of adjunct professors.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
4 October 2016
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Philadelphia and Pittsburgh orchestra musicians on strike
By Fred Mazelis, 3 October 2016
The musicians in both the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony face demands for concessions from wealthy patrons and management.
Worker killed at US Steel mill in Indiana
By Jessica Goldstein, 3 October 2016
The death of Jonathan Arrizola comes amid a wave of layoffs at the US Steel mill in Gary, Indiana and rising complaints over unsafe conditions.
Defeat MNA sellout!
Mobilize the working class behind the Minnesota nurses strike!
By Ron Jorgenson, 3 October 2016
The fact that the unions could bring such a sellout agreement to a vote only underscores the need for nurses to take the conduct of the strike into their own hands.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
1 October 2016
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30 September 2016
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Walmart to cut 7,000 back-office jobs in the US
By Jessica Goldstein, 29 September 2016
The announcement of mass layoffs at the largest employer in the US comes amid a wave of cuts in the retail industry.
Negotiations resume as Minneapolis nurses’ strike enters fourth week
By Ron Jorgenson, 27 September 2016
The federal mediator's recall of both sides indicates that the company, union and Democratic Party are preparing to force through a sellout contract against the resistance of striking nurses.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
27 September 2016
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Greater Manchester, England: Labour-controlled authority threatens all firefighters’ jobs
By Linda Slattery, 24 September 2016
Firefighters the length and breadth of the UK are facing similar attacks on jobs and conditions, jeopardising their own safety and that of the public.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
24 September 2016
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Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
23 September 2016
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Allina nurses’ strike and the union’s fraudulent “corporate campaign”
By Ron Jorgenson, 21 September 2016
The AFL-CIO has long used such campaigns to block any genuine mobilization of the working class against the government-backed corporate attacks.
Workers Struggles: the Americas
20 September 2016
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Long Island University lockout ends with contract extension and no issues resolved
By Alan Whyte, 19 September 2016
The union, which has pledged not to strike through the 2016-1017 school year, also agreed to mediation in future negotiations for a settlement.
Detroit Federation of Teachers pushes through sellout contract
By Nancy Hanover, 19 September 2016
Educators greeted the agreement with anger and skepticism in the face of the concerted attempts by the union to derail their struggles over the course of the last year.
Auto companies continue assault on jobs, working conditions
One year since 2015 US auto contract battle
By Shannon Jones, 17 September 2016
The warning raised by the SEP and the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter about the rotten nature of the contracts negotiated by the UAW is being borne out.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
16 September 2016
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
13 September 2016
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Opposition grows to skilled trades reorganization at Fiat Chrysler
By Shannon Jones, 12 September 2016
The changes are correctly seen as a means of eliminating skilled trades jobs, which traditionally require more training and are paid at a higher rate.
Vote “No” on Detroit Federation of Teachers’ contract!
By Nancy Hanover, 12 September 2016
The American Federation of Teachers is demanding that educators acquiesce to low pay, overcrowded classrooms, unsafe buildings and more school closures.
Allina Health, media, join forces to break Twin Cities nurses as union isolates strike
By Ron Jorgenson, 10 September 2016
The Minnesota Nurses Association is continuing to isolate the strike, now in its sixth day, while appealing to the company to accept the concessions contract the union has proposed.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
10 September 2016
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Dublin, Ireland bus workers start series of strikes
By Dermot Byrne, 10 September 2016
As a result of chronic underfunding of public services such as transportation and pay freezes in the public sector bus workers have not received a pay increase in eight years.
Arbitration results in concessionary contract for US postal workers
By Hector Cordon, 9 September 2016
The contract recently imposed on members of the American Postal Workers Union by national arbitrators continues the attack on the wages, benefits and working conditions.
Long Island University-Brooklyn locks out 400 professors
By Daniel de Vries and Allen Whyte, 9 September 2016
LIU’s action marks the first time a university has used a lockout to impose concessions on faculty.
Long Island University faculty and students oppose lockout
By a WSWS reporting team, 9 September 2016
Faculty and students spoke with the WSWS about LIU’s lockout of 400 faculty members at the beginning of the fall semester.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
9 September 2016
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“Health care is a human right”
Minneapolis students express support for striking Allina nurses
By Matt Rigel and Anthony Bertolt, 8 September 2016
As management continues operations with the use of strikebreakers, the union is keeping nurses throughout the region on the job and is doing nothing to mobilize broader support in the working class.
Minnesota nurses strike highlights militant mood of US workers
By Jerry White, 7 September 2016
The strike by 4,800 nurses, now in its third day, reveals the sharp class tensions in the United States on the eve of the 2016 presidential elections.
Thousands of teachers strike as Costa Rican unions suppress struggle
By Andrea Lobo, 7 September 2016
About 5,000 workers marched last week against the government’s austerity measures, even as the union leaderships are sabotaging their struggle.
Massachusetts: MBTA janitors to be laid off as cuts continue
By John Marion, 7 September 2016
The unelected and undemocratic Fiscal and Management Control Board is discussing privatization of all city bus routes, while working conditions for contracted janitors are made impossible.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
7 September 2016
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As Minneapolis nurses strike, unions join arms with Democratic officials in Labor Day events
By Patrick Martin, 6 September 2016
The trade unions used the Labor Day events to promote the campaign of Hillary Clinton, the consensus candidate of Wall Street, the military-intelligence apparatus and most of the political establishment.
Allina nurses strike reveals gulf between workers and union
By Ron Jorgenson, 6 September 2016
Nurses in Minneapolis are fighting against management demands that would cut their own health benefits and make it more difficult for them to provide quality health services.
Mass layoff at Harley-Davidson in York, Pennsylvania
By Douglas Lyons, 5 September 2016
Harley-Davidson has recently announced approximately 200 workers will be laid off due to declining profits.
Mobilize the entire working class in the Twin Cities
Defend the striking Allina nurses!
By Ron Jorgenson, 5 September 2016
4,800 nurses at five hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area begin a strike today to defend their health care benefits and oppose dangerous patient-to-nurse ratios.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
3 September 2016
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2 September 2016
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Minnesota nurses union calls open-ended strike for Labor Day
By Matt Rigel, 1 September 2016
The Minnesota Nurses Association has called a strike under pressure from rank-and-file nurses.
“The union is letting the company do what it wants”
Fiat Chrysler CEO issues threat to Detroit jeep workers
By Shannon Jones, 1 September 2016
In a not so veiled warning, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchione told Jefferson North workers last week that the status of their facility is up in the air.
Tens of millions of Indian workers to join one-day protest strike
By Sathish Simon and Kranti Kumara, 31 August 2016
The widespread support for the strike is an expression of mounting working-class anger and militancy and part of a global resurgence of class struggle.
Union blocks teachers’ strike as Clinton comes to Cleveland
By Phyllis Steele, 31 August 2016
The Cleveland Teachers Union called off Thursday’s strike to prevent a confrontation with the Democrats and the Obama administration’s attack on public education.
Workers Struggles: the Americas
30 August 2016
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Cleveland teachers threaten walkout as school year begins
By Jerry White, 29 August 2016
More than 5,000 teachers have voted to strike over “performance pay” and other attacks in America’s second poorest big city.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
27 August 2016
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“There is going to be a civil war in this country”
SEP presidential candidate Jerry White campaigns at Detroit auto factory
By a WSWS reporting team, 26 August 2016
An SEP campaign team encountered widespread hostility to the establishment candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and openness to a socialist alternative.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
23 August 2016
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Minnesota nurses authorize open-ended strike against Allina
By Matt Rigel, 22 August 2016
The MNA has refused to call a strike, even though nurses have once again overwhelmingly rejected Allina Health’s demands for cuts to health care benefits and heavier workloads.
The Obamacare counterrevolution six years on
By Kate Randall, 22 August 2016
The Obama administration’s signature domestic “achievement” stands exposed as a plan concocted by and for the insurance companies and corporate America to slash their costs and increase their profits.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
20 August 2016
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Cisco to cut 5,500 jobs, adding to wave of US tech layoffs
By Barry Grey, 19 August 2016
So far this year, American technology companies have eliminated 63,000 jobs.
“The union signed away their rights”
Verizon strikers remain victimized 12 weeks after end of strike
By Shannon Jones, 19 August 2016
Since the Communications Workers of America sold out the seven-week Verizon strike in May, the union has said nothing about the fate of some two dozen workers victimized by management in the course of the walkout.
West coast dockworkers’ union to discuss contract extension
By Hector Cordon, 19 August 2016
Discussion on a contract extension demanded by shippers and the Obama administration opens the door to further concessions on the part of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
19 August 2016
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16 August 2016
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UFCW agrees to meager “pay raise” for Southern California grocery workers
By Jake Dean, 15 August 2016
After workers have been without a contract for over three months, and while many scrape by on part-time and meager wages, the union is pawning off the contract as a victory.
Signs of slowdown in US auto industry
By Shannon Jones, 13 August 2016
Ford, General Motors and Toyota recorded sales declines in July.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
13 August 2016
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Wall Street celebrates mass layoffs by Macy’s
By Patrick Martin, 12 August 2016
The largest US department store chain announced it would close 100 stores, which will likely eliminate more than 12,000 jobs.
Illinois officials prepare all-out assault on state workers
By Alexander Fangmann, 12 August 2016
Republican governor Bruce Rauner is preparing to impose sweeping concessions on state workers with the complicity of AFSCME.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
12 August 2016
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10 August 2016
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Southern rail conductors begin longest UK rail strike in 50 years
By Robert Stevens, 9 August 2016
The five-day stoppage by train conductors on the busy Southern rail network has caused widespread disruption, with some 60 percent of services expected to be cancelled.
Low-income retirees in the Detroit-area face abysmal housing conditions
By Debra Watson and Catherine Long, 8 August 2016
An acute lack of affordable housing along with deplorable conditions in existing housing stock has left tens of thousands without a safe and healthy place to live out their retirement.
One million Indian bank workers strike against privatisation
By Arun Kumar, 6 August 2016
The unions are trying to contain the confrontation against the Modi government and its pro-business program.
Clinton, Obama tout tepid US jobs report
By Shannon Jones, 6 August 2016
A closer look at the employment numbers for July reveals many indications of continuing economic stagnation and deepening hardship for wide layers of the population.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
6 August 2016
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As strike enters second month
Owners announce plan to close Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort next month
By E.P. Bannon, 5 August 2016
Despite the owners’ claim that the strike caused the casino’s closure, the shutdown was planned far in advance.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
5 August 2016
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2 August 2016
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
30 July 2016
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29 July 2016
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26 July 2016
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Minnesota nurses contract talks continue with Allina Health
By Matt Rigel, 23 July 2016
Negotiators for Allina Health are sticking fast to their demands for the gutting of health care plans for 4,800 nurses in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro region.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
23 July 2016
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22 July 2016
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California transportation workers reject sellout contract
By Isaac Finn, 21 July 2016
Caltrans maintenance workers, who have been working without a contract for a year, voted by 67 percent to reject a proposed contract and authorize a strike.
Atlantic City casino strike continues despite management ultimatum
By Isaac Finn, 19 July 2016
Roughly 1,000 casino workers remained on strike in defiance of an ultimatum by billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn to withdraw management’s last offer.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
19 July 2016
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16 July 2016
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15 July 2016
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12 July 2016
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9 July 2016
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Chinese Walmart workers engage in wildcat strikes
By Linda Tenenbaum, 8 July 2016
The strike has spread rapidly, with Walmart workers determined to reach out to their national and international co-workers.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
8 July 2016
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Hillary Clinton uses Atlantic City casino strikers as campaign props
By Genevieve Leigh, 7 July 2016
In a gesture to the unions, Clinton used her speech to promote economic nationalism.
Trump Taj Mahal casino workers strike continues through July Fourth weekend
By Genevieve Leigh, 5 July 2016
Nearly 1,000 workers at The Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City continued their walkout, fighting for restored health and pension benefits and a pay increase.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
5 July 2016
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Workers strike at Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City
By Genevieve Leigh, 2 July 2016
Close to 1,000 cooks, housekeepers, bellmen and servers at The Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City have begun a strike for a livable wage, health care and pension benefits.
Arbitration decision in US Postal workers contract expected soon
By A. Woodson and Sandy English, 2 July 2016
There is every reason to believe that any agreement imposed by an arbitrator will be another multi-tier, takeaway contract.
UK Bus workers suspended in Leeds following strike
By Barbara Slaughter, 2 July 2016
All over the UK, the Unite union is presiding over a situation whereby bus workers are paid myriad different rates for doing the same job.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
2 July 2016
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1 July 2016
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