30,000 LA school support workers overwhelmingly vote to strike
With the previous vote by teachers, some 65,000 Los Angeles Unified School District employees are poised to strike.
Marc Wells•
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Trade unions hold town hall at George Mason University: University workers need independent organization, not appeals to Democrats
The “Virginia Labor Coalition” meeting at GMU seeks to tie workers to Democrats and unions while suppressing broader struggles over wages and democratic rights in the face of the Trump administration’s assault on democracy.
International Youth and Students for Social Equality at George Mason University•
Militarisation of Australian universities intensifies: More than $200 million in defence contracts since 2024
The expanding contracts with universities feed into the next phase of the AUKUS military pact between the US, UK and Australia, targeting China.
Eric Ludlow•
Australia: Early childhood educators in Victoria set to strike
Educators remain trapped in a cycle of low pay, excessive workloads and chronic staff shortages.
Our reporters•
Jonathan Burleigh, Aurya Zee, David Benson•
A Western Sydney University Rank-and-File Committee member•
Elliott Murtagh•
Marc Wells, Kimie Saito•
Rafael Azul•
Reject CWU/Labour government whitewash of Royal Mail crisis: for rank-and-file opposition to corporate collusion
Public anger must not be diverted, nor our independent organisation blocked against renewed attacks on jobs, terms and conditions and the crippling workloads imposed by those responsible for a wrecking operation.
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Australia: Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee supports striking US nurses and healthcare workers
Australian doctors, nurses, pathology and disability support workers, as well as other hospital services employees, passed a powerful resolution backing the determined strike action by health workers in New York, California and Hawaii.
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Thomas “TJ” Sabula is back at work—but the lessons must be learned
Ford worker Thomas “TJ” Sabula has reportedly returned to work after being suspended without pay for calling Donald Trump a “pedophile protector” during the president's January 13 tour of the plant.
Ford Rouge Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Which way forward after the nurses’ rejection of the agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital?
Determined to win safe staffing and secure workplaces, the nurses must now wrest control of the strike from the union bureaucrats, expand the struggle to other hospitals and adopt a new strategy based on rank-and-file power and political independence.
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Carl Bronski•
Transport Workers Action Committee•
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
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