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“Agreement after agreement has seen our working conditions deteriorate while outcomes that fall well short of what staff originally fought for are presented as victories.”
The conditions in Chile’s schools are not the result of one government’s negligence, but the cumulative impact of a system imposed by the Pinochet dictatorship and preserved by every administration since.
1,000 postdoctoral researchers, associate research scientists, and associate research scholars at Columbia University, organized in the UAW, have voted by over 90 percent to authorize strike action.
The Albanese government is creating a wartime-like atmosphere, directed against countries deemed to be threats to Australian national security or foreign relations, particularly China, Russia and Iran.
“This young man is immensely courageous in speaking out against war. His persecution is setting a precedent against anyone who opposes any war and a warning to all.” — Mental health nurse
The National Steel Car Rank-and-File Committee (NSC-RFC) was founded by shop floor workers in June 2023, on the eve of the last strike, after it became clear to them that the United Steelworkers (USW) bureaucracy would not wage a genuine fight for workers' demands.
The decisive question two weeks into the strike is whether we organize ourselves to win or allow the United Steelworkers bureaucracy to fritter away our strength until we are starved into accepting another sellout.
“I call for the immediate release of Bogdan Syrotiuk. His only crime has been fighting for the unification of Ukrainian and Russian workers to oppose a war that comes at the expense of those workers through their pockets and blood.”
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