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Maryland Democrat vetoes $15 county-wide minimum wage bill
By Nick Barrickman, 26 January 2017
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said the requirement would place the county at a “competitive disadvantage” in relation to other state jurisdictions.
Australia: Union hails “cooperation” with Alcoa after government subsidy
By Frank Gaglioti and Will Morrow, 26 January 2017
The federal and state handouts will depend on Alcoa and the Australian Workers Union cutting workers’ wages and conditions.
Opposition parties feign support for New Zealand mine disaster families
By Tom Peters, 26 January 2017
The Labour Party and its allies, including the trade union bureaucracy, are complicit in the unsafe conditions that led to the 2010 Pike River tragedy.
Striking British Airways cabin crew explain appalling work contract
By Josh Arkos, 24 January 2017
The WSWS spoke to striking British Airways cabin crew at their picket at Hatton Cross Metro station last week during a 72-hour strike.
Illinois AFSCME sets strike authorization vote
By George Gallanis, 21 January 2017
If a strike is called, the AFSCME leadership will do everything in its power to quickly end it.
Support the striking bus drivers in Hesse, Germany!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Germany), 21 January 2017
The strike by Hesse bus drivers is significant because millions of workers in Germany, Europe and throughout the world suffer under similar conditions.
Australia: Latrobe Valley residents denounce corporate onslaught
By our correspondents, 21 January 2017
WSWS reporters spoke to workers about the escalating attacks on jobs and wages, and existing high levels of unemployment and poverty in the region.
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Three Florida construction workers killed on the job
By Matthew Taylor, 19 January 2017
The three employees of a private utilities contractor were killed when they were exposed to a poisonous mixture of hydrogen sulfide and methane gas in an underground drainage ditch.
Dayton transit workers set to vote on sellout contract
By Shannon Jones, 17 January 2017
Published details of the agreement include a major attack on health care benefits and a derisory pay increase.
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Government and employers attack striking apparel workers in Bangladesh
By Wimal Perera, 13 January 2017
The repression is aimed at preventing a broader eruption by workers against their appalling living and working conditions.
Union reaches deal, moves to end Dayton, Ohio transit strike
By Vernon Stevens, 12 January 2017
Transit workers, who have not had a raise since 2014, will be voting on the agreement, which undoubtedly contains major concession on pay and out-of-pocket health expenses.
Newfoundland fishers consider disaffiliating from Unifor
By Carl Bronski, 12 January 2017
Fishers have cited many examples of the FFAW-Unifor apparatus feathering its own nest at the expense of the workers.
Dayton, Ohio transit workers strike over wages, health care
By Shannon Jones, 10 January 2017
The walkout by 463 drivers and mechanics is the first by transit workers in Dayton in nearly 60 years.
University of California support staff in one-day strike
By Evelyn Rios, 10 January 2017
The strike affects all 10 UC campuses and five medical centers throughout the system.
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Strikes in transport and other sectors to hit the UK
By Robert Stevens, 9 January 2017
The series of strikes points to a nascent rebellion by workers against the efforts of the trade unions to suppress opposition to the onslaught on jobs and wages.
As contract expiration nears, union moves to block fight by New York transit workers
By Alan Whyte, 9 January 2017
Transport Workers Union Local 100 officials have praised state Democrats who have overseen the attack on workers’ wages and pensions.
Four dead, 1,000 arrested as demonstrations continue across Mexico
By Eric London, 7 January 2017
With the police cracking down on demonstrations, the trade unions and bourgeois “left” are struggling to contain the growing protest movement.
Protest by Illinois auto parts workers wins broad support on Facebook
By Shannon Jones, 7 January 2017
In a confrontation recorded on video, plant management called police on protesting workers after robbing them of promised severance pay.
UK: Janitors and IT workers at Glasgow City Council face common struggle
By Minnie Watson, 7 January 2017
Unison aims to keep the Glasgow disputes separate from the identical threats facing the numerous council workers and Unison members in every single local authority in Britain.
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Strikes spread in Mexico, thousands of police deployed to capital
By Neil Hardt, 6 January 2017
The trade unions and the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) are being mobilized to strangle the growing movement against cuts in gas subsidies.
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Fight GM layoffs! Defend the right to a job!
By the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter, 5 January 2017
The World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter has issued the following statement to General Motors workers in the wake of the announcement of mass layoffs by the Detroit-based automaker.
Protests against gas price hikes spread across Mexico
By Eric London, 5 January 2017
The Mexican government’s decision to cut gas subsidies has provoked widespread demonstrations, road blockades and gas station occupations, sparking fears within the ruling class of a social explosion.
As strike enters third month
Momentive workers fight Trump’s billionaire appointee Schwarzman
By Philip Guelpa, 3 January 2017
The 700 striking workers at Momentive Performance Materials will be among the first to experience the full force of the Trump administration’s viciously anti-working class policies.
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US railroads demand concessions from 145,000 workers
By Jeff Lusanne, 31 December 2016
Freight railroads in the US, bolstered by the government, are demanding cuts to health care and working conditions from workers.
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More layoffs at Bombardier in Germany
By Dietmar Henning, 28 December 2016
Social Democratic leader Sigmar Gabriel is trying to prevent a strike and class struggles developing in 2017, when federal elections will take place.
Australia: Sacked brewery workers return after union “productivity” deal
By Chris Sadlier, 24 December 2016
The unions have repeatedly boasted of their role in boosting productivity and profitability at the CUB plant.
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Sri Lanka: Political lessons of the Hambantota port strike
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 21 December 2016
Colombo’s military repression of the eight-day strike points to the urgent need to build a revolutionary leadership of the working class.
UK government denounces strike wave
By Robert Stevens, 20 December 2016
The strikes are indicative of growing opposition to years of attacks by successive British governments and are part of a growing movement of the working class throughout Europe.
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UK Southern Rail strike continues as British Airways cabin crew vote to strike
By Richard Tyler, 16 December 2016
The Conservative government is planning to pass legislation against strikes on the rail network in response to the determined struggle by Southern Rail workers.
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Sri Lankan port minister threatens to sack striking workers
By our reporters, 14 December 2016
The government’s repression of the Magampura Port workers is a warning to the whole working class.
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Sharp Professional Nurses Network union rams through concessionary contract
By Seb Gomez, 10 December 2016
Having called off a strike hours before it was set to begin, the Sharp Professional Nurses Network pushed through a new sellout contract.
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UK: Veolia sacks binmen for helping elderly man
By Paul Mitchell, 3 December 2016
Veolia’s vindictive actions will come as no surprise to millions of workers.
San Diego nurses work without contract after union blocks Sharp Healthcare strike
By Marko Leone, 3 December 2016
As part of the deal calling off the walkout by more than 3,000 nurses, the union secured an agreement from management giving it authority to collect dues from new nurses.
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Pittsburgh Symphony musicians’ strike ends with pay cuts and concessions
By Samuel Davidson, 1 December 2016
After a 55-day strike, musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra were forced to accept concessions as part of a broader assault on music, art and education throughout the country.
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GE Appliances workers in Louisville, Kentucky reject concessions deal
By Shannon Jones, 26 November 2016
Despite the significant rejection vote, the IUE–CWA has not called a strike and is instead seeking further meetings with management.
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Unions, aided by the pseudo-left, push through poverty-level wage deals
Lessons of the Harvard University Dining Services strike
By Mike Ingram, 23 November 2016
The strike by Harvard dining workers provides political lessons for others facing poverty-level wage deals negotiated by the unions with the support of ostensibly left organizations.
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Barnard College contingent faculty vote on strike authorization
By Sandy English, 19 November 2016
Part-time and temporary faculty at Columbia University’s Barnard College in New York City began voting on a strike authorization this week.
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Philadelphia transit workers must reject sellout deal
By Alan Whyte, 17 November 2016
Nearly 5,000 Philadelphia transit workers are voting on a sellout deal this Friday, after the union shut down their six-day strike on the eve of Election Day.
Pittsburgh Symphony musician strike longest in history
By Evan Winters and Samuel Davidson, 15 November 2016
On November 15, the strike will surpass the 46-day strike of 1975, the only other in the orchestra's history.
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Pittsburgh symphony musicians continue strike against wage cuts and job losses
By Samuel Davidson, 11 November 2016
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra musicians have been on strike for over a month against management demands for a 15 percent pay cut, the elimination defined pension benefits and a reduction the size of the orchestra.
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To boost Clinton, unions shut down Philadelphia transit strike
By Alan Whyte, 8 November 2016
The Transport Workers Union ended the six-day shutdown of the Philadelphia transit system Monday morning in order to bolster Clinton’s electoral prospects in the pivotal state of Pennsylvania.
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California state workers to vote on strike authorization
By Dan Conway, 4 November 2016
The union fears that a strike will cut across its support for the Democratic Brown administration and the Democratic Party.
Sri Lanka: Deeside plantation workers form action committee
By our correspondents, 4 November 2016
The committee’s establishment is an important step toward breaking from the trade unions, which function as industrial police for big business and the government.
Australia: Hazelwood power station closure threatens thousands of jobs
By Oscar Grenfell, 4 November 2016
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union is seeking to impose an “orderly closure” of the plant.
UK: South Yorkshire cleaning workers continue strike
By Barry Mason, 4 November 2016
The three cleaning workers’ strike is being isolated by the trade unions.
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Strikes end at Libbey Glass in Ohio and Jim Beam in Kentucky
By Shannon Jones, 29 October 2016
The strikes by glassmakers and distillery workers are part of a nationwide uptick in strike activity that reflects a growing spirit of resistance.
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“They are picking on the most vulnerable sections of society”
Blue Cross retirees stage picket over health care cuts
By Shannon Jones, 28 October 2016
Scores of retirees protested in downtown Detroit Thursday to oppose management's attempts to slash their health care benefits.
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SAG-AFTRA picketers discuss strike, US elections
By Marc Wells, 26 October 2016
SAG-AFTRA video games actors went on strike Monday for better pay, safety and transparency.
Musicians speak out at concert to support Pittsburgh Symphony strike
By Evan Winters, 26 October 2016
Members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, together with other musicians and PSO students, played to hundreds of people in person and thousands more online.
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Union ends strike at Pennsylvania state campuses, pushes concessions
By Samuel Davidson, 22 October 2016
Union leaders ordered 5,500 striking faculty and coaches to take down picket lines Friday, caving in to management demands for salary and benefit cuts.
SAG-AFTRA video game performers on strike
By Marc Wells, 22 October 2016
Video games actors went on strike Friday against several large corporations for better pay, safety, transparency.
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Five thousand faculty strike at Pennsylvania state campuses
By Samuel Davidson and Douglas Lyons, 20 October 2016
The strike by Pennsylvania faculty is an expression of growing social opposition among different sections of workers in the run-up to the US election.
Ohio glass workers discuss strike with SEP presidential candidate Jerry White
By a WSWS reporting team, 20 October 2016
Workers in the second week of their strike against the multinational glass maker are determined to resist further attacks on working conditions, health insurance and pay.
Philadelphia transit workers vote to strike
By Alan Whyte, 19 October 2016
Nearly 6,000 bus, subway and trolley operators, cashiers and mechanics have voted to stop work if a new labor agreement is not reached by October 31.
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Minnesota nurses’ union seeks to ram through concessions contract
By Anthony Bertolt and Matt Rigel, 12 October 2016
The WSWS calls on nurses to reject the sellout contract and combine this rejection with a political mobilization of the working class in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and beyond.
UK: Southern GTR railworkers strike
By Michael Barnes, 12 October 2016
Rail workers’ determined resistance has been sabotaged at every stage.
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Harvard dining hall workers continue strike
By Mike Ingram, 10 October 2016
Harvard University Dining Services workers are continuing their strike over health care and wages, the first since 1983.
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