Latest COVID wave exacerbates dire conditions in New York City K-12 schools
New York City K-12 schools have seen a near-twofold increase in infections recently, with more than 10,000 cases last week.
Jesse Thomas•
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University and College Union sabotages college strike in northwest England
On the eve of the stoppage, the UCU at Bury College called off action after negotiating a below-inflation deal with management.
Margot Miller•
An educator speaks out: “My heart hurts for my kids.”
Flint, Michigan schoolchildren and educators: Poisoned by lead, devastated by COVID
The children of Flint, Michigan—the birthplace of General Motors which once boasted the highest per capita income in the US--have been doubly victimized by lead poisoning and Covid. An educator recounts her experiences to the WSWS.
Nancy Hanover•
Principal at high school in Seattle, Washington fired by district for informing families of abandonment of contact tracing
Staff and students have come to the support of Catherine Brown, the principal of Cleveland High School who was fired by Seattle Public Schools upon an investigation into emailing families about the end of COVID-19 contact tracing during the Omicron surge in January, which the district requested she withhold.
David Fitzgerald•
Simon Whelan•
Renae Cassimeda•
Renae Cassimeda•
Marianne Arens•
Andrew Timon•
Oppose military deployment in Sri Lanka’s free trade zones
The Apparel Workers’ Action Committee warns that this repressive move could be extended to other centres of the working class in both the private and public sectors.
Apparel Workers’ Action Committee•
Expand the CNH strike to fight for a $10 raise and COLA! Join the CNH Workers Rank-and-File Committee!
The CNH Workers Rank-and-File Committee is being launched in order to organize a real fight for the needs of all workers at CNH.
CNH Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Decision to shutter Ford Saarlouis is looming closer: Stop the plant closure!
The following statement by the Rank-and-File Committee of Ford Workers in Saarlouis was published in German ahead of the works meeting at the Saarlouis plant on Wednesday.
Rank-and-File Committee of Ford Workers, Germany (Ford-Aktionskomitee)•
Quebec educator speaks out against being forced back to work while infected with COVID-19
Quebec school workers are being forced back to work on their fifth day of infection with COVID-19. That is, while still contagious with the debilitating and potentially fatal disease.
Laurent Lafrance•
Stanford Nurses Rank-and-File Strike Committee•
Penny Smith, Roger Jordan•
Thomas Scripps•
Oil Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Ford Workers Rank-and-File Action Committee (Germany)•
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