Mamdani’s employment of pseudo-radical slogans is a desperate effort to boost the image of both the Democratic Socialists of America and the Democratic Party as a whole.
School bus workers denounced the union apparatus and Democratic politicians overseeing the ongoing attacks on their livelihoods
School bus drivers will begin transporting thousands of special education children today, as the nation’s largest school district prepares to restart in-person instruction by September 29.
New York City bus operators interviewed by the WSWS expressed their support for the teachers strike in Oklahoma as well as their distrust of the role of the unions.
Workers spoke bitterly about the consequences of the betrayal of the strike five years ago.
The bitter strike of 2013 holds crucial lessons for the entire working class.
As the number of homeless reaches new heights in New York City, more and more apartments owned by absentee, super-wealthy owners stay empty for most of the year.
More than 4,000 additional school bus workers will either lose their jobs or see their pay cut in half under the bids now being organized under Democratic Party Mayor de Blasio.
Amid rising homelessness and a dearth of affordable housing, de Blasio’s programs favor real estate interests and the wealthy elite.
New York’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, is continuing the attacks against school bus drivers begun a year and a half ago.
The city administration refused to attend a hearing on the impact of removing employee protections from school bus contracts.
The difference between de Blasio and former Mayor Bloomberg is one of style and tactics, not substance.
Workers at Reliant Bus Company in New York City spoke to the WSWS about the conditions they face.
The ATU’s betrayal of the New York City school bus strike a year ago has exposed the workers to savage attacks and revealed the utter bankruptcy of the trade union bureaucracy.
The workers, whose month-long strike was betrayed last February, now face pressure to choose between huge cuts in pay and benefits or mass layoffs.
Approximately 2,000 New York City school bus workers are facing layoffs next week as the city continues to dismantle job protections.
With New York City education officials accepting bids without job protection provisions, some 2,000 out of the 9,000 school bus employees will lose their jobs when school ends.
A month after the betrayal of the school bus workers in New York City, another group of transit workers have been hit with job losses and massive pay cuts.
The New York City Department of Education announced the next round of school bus contracts, which threaten to lead to mass layoffs and the replacement of current drivers and escorts with part-time workers earning a fraction of the pay.
One quarter of Walled Lake Consolidated School District bus drivers called in sick Wednesday to protest the sell-off of their jobs.
