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At least 19 full-time faculty members and 68 university staff received layoff notices last month as part of a broader restructuring plan. Only the formation of independent rank-and-file committees that unite workers and students across every division of the university can reverse these attacks.
This important cultural and scientific institution—one of the oldest institutes of archaeology in Germany, which has existed 200 years and withstood two world wars—is now set to be destroyed, while German federal government pours billions into the military and arming for world war.
The Australian Education Union is trying to reverse the mass “no” vote against its sellout agreement and impose the same betrayal in violation of the sentiments of educators.
The professional staff enterprise agreement proposed by the trade unions at WSU is even worse than the academic staff version, laying the groundwork for further destruction of jobs and conditions.
Volkswagen is moving forward with plans to cut 100,000 jobs and close four plants in Germany, the deepest attack on VW workers ever and part of a global wave of layoffs in the auto industry.
Antwiane Sanders, a Nexteer worker with more than 10 years on the job, was fired after speaking out against the fourth tentative agreement at a UAW Local 699 roll-out meeting held on company premises.
These were not simply tragic accidents but the lethal results of austerity. Preventing them requires an organized movement from below, not beholden to management, toothless regulatory agencies or corrupt union officials.
The BMA and other health unions—Unite, Unison, the GMB and the Royal College of Nursing—are suffocating a unified fightback by National Health Service workers.
We are building a network of rank-and-file educators, students, parents, and workers to stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.
