Workers Struggles: The Americas
A strike by WestJet mechanics ended after the union accepted a tentative deal while Argentine education workers walked out demanding action to address the wage crisis in academia and elsewhere.
The London Bus Rank-and-File Committee and the Socialist Equality Party are calling for the reinstatement of London bus driver David O’Sullivan, sacked for upholding workers’ rights to health and safety during a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 60 bus workers in the capital.
The death rate among London bus drivers is three times the national average, with the families of those killed demanding answers.
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O’Sullivan, 57, was sacked on February 3, after he sounded the alarm over the spread of COVID-19 infections at Cricklewood bus garage in north west London. The rate of fatalities among London bus drivers is three times the national average, with the families of those killed demanding answers.
A strike by WestJet mechanics ended after the union accepted a tentative deal while Argentine education workers walked out demanding action to address the wage crisis in academia and elsewhere.
There can be no doubt that Biden is already deeply involved in the talks, as he has in every industry critical to supply chains, but there is no guarantee he will even be president by the time the contract expires.
O’Brien will be speaking at a meeting that will be, for all intents and purposes, a fascist rally put on by one of the two main political parties.
Flight attendants’ right to strike is highly restricted under the Railway Labor Act, which was used by Biden and Congress to ban a strike on the railroads in 2022.
Management at Berlin’s BVG local transit company has decided to postpone the reintroduction of front boarding. Drivers must ensure front doors remain closed until they agree it is safe.
The massive “no” vote registered at Park Royal, Stamford Brook and Shepherds Bush speaks to a growing mood of opposition to Unite’s record of collusion.
The refusal of Unite to outline the deal and organise a ballot can only mean that what is being proposed is so toxic that Unite is working frantically on how to sell it to the Go North West drivers and to prevent an angry backlash.
“We are not cattle and will not be sacrificed to protect the profits of the corporations and banks who have made a financial killing during the pandemic,” states the resolution passed by the London Bus Drivers Rank-and-File Safety Committee.