Mass strikes erupt across Spain ahead of November 11 nationwide stoppage
Spain’s main trade union federations are seeking to turn the November 11 action towards the re-election of a Socialist Party-led government.
Alejandro López•
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Reinstate victimised UNISON rep Tom Barker at Ash Field school: Defend the right to organise
Tom Barker, a teaching assistant and UNISON representative, was dismissed by Ash Field Academy special school in Leicester on September 29 after an 11-month suspension. His colleagues in UNISON will walk out on November 4 in their 16th day of strike action to demand the end of his victimisation.
Tania Kent•
California State University workers rally as 29,000 faculty vote on strike authorization
Workers describe depressed wages, exhausting workloads and years of temporary employment as faculty vote on strike action across the CSU system.
Kimie Saito, Joshua Rodriguez•
Thousands of Sri Lankan university teachers strike over pay and conditions
We call on academics to take up the struggle for independent action committees and attend the SEP’s public meeting on November 10 at 4 p.m. at the Colombo Public Library Hall.
Pani Wijesiriwardena•
Our correspondent•
Our reporters•
Dietmar Gaisenkersting, Marianne Arens•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality•
Kaye Tucker•
Bradford White workers: Reject the company-UAW “final offer!” Take the conduct of the strike into our own hands!
After failing to ram through a pro-company contract on October 23, the United Auto Workers bureaucracy is forcing workers to revote on the company’s “last, best and final” this weekend.
Bradford White Rank-and-File Committee•
USPS workers say: No private armed guards in our postal facilities!
Nearly 1,000 armed private security guards are being rushed into USPS plants in the final weeks before the midterm elections—into the very facilities that will process millions of mail-in ballots, and months before the deepest cuts in USPS history.
USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Aviation workers vote to establish rank-and-file committee, launch independent workers’ inquiry into death of Montreal Airport ramp worker Oscar Robayo
Robayo, a 39-year-old employee of the French-based multinational Samsic, was crushed to death by the nose gear of an Airbus A350 at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport on August 24.
Our reporter•
Pennsylvania USPS workers form rank-and-file committee: “We call for a struggle that unifies all postal workers”
The postal service—a product of the American Revolution—has been systematically bled over decades by both Democratic and Republican parties. We have been forced to operate like a profit-making company despite the clear intention by the Founding Fathers to have the mail system as a universal right to all in the name of having an informed society able to fight back against tyranny.
Southern Pennsylvania Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
St. Paul Processing and Distribution Center Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
The Railroad Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Pierre Lajeunesse•
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