Australia: Queensland Teachers Union trying to rush through sell-out award deal
The union leadership is running roughshod over the democratic rights of teachers.
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Strike called over job losses at University of Sheffield, as University and College Union begin national strike ballot
Balloted separately in September staff at both universities – academic, lecturers, researchers, support and professional services staff – voted for strike action with majorities of 77 and 79 percent respectively.
Simon Whelan•
New Zealand union bureaucrats peddle the lie: Australia—a land of “milk and honey”
The claims of the NZ union leaders that things are much better for workers on the other side of the Tasman Sea is an exercise in misinformation, aimed at disorienting workers who took part in last week’s “mega strike.”
Oscar Grenfell•
Alberta government runs roughshod over democratic rights to illegalize strike by 50,000 teachers
The far-right UCP government’s back-to-work law invokes Canada’s anti-democratic “notwithstanding clause,” enabling it to legally trample on rights supposedly guaranteed under the constitution’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Pierre Lajeunesse•
Sakuna Jayawardana•
Philip Guelpa•
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Air Canada flight attendants reject sellout wage deal in massive rebuke to union bureaucracy, Carney government
The vote’s outcome underlines the urgent necessity of flight attendants at Air Canada and across North America, as well as workers in every economic sector, establishing their organizational and political independence from the trade union bureaucracy.
Roger Jordan•
Philadelphia teachers: Prepare for a struggle—break the cycle of sellout, unite the working class, and build rank-and-file power!
The Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee calls for teachers and all city workers to build independent rank-and-file power to defeat austerity, union betrayal, and attacks on living standards.
Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee•
What way forward for postal workers after the rejection of Canada Post’s concessions-laden contract?
The contract rejection must become the launching pad for a renewed fight based on an entirely new strategy—one that breaks the stranglehold of the CUPW bureaucracy and mobilizes the immense social power of the entire working class.
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (Canada)•
The lessons of the Philadelphia municipal strike and the way forward
The Philadelphia municipal strike was not the end but the opening act in a rapid series of confrontations in Philadelphia and beyond.
Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee•
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Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee•
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