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After a five-year pause in student loan collections, the Trump administration has begun ruthless collection efforts while simultaneously preparing massive budget cuts to higher education programs.
The University and College Union is not opposed to redundancies, provided they are sold as “voluntarily”. Sheffield management has therefore said it would not carry through compulsory redundancies unless “absolutely necessary.”
Following Trump’s executive order demanding the closure of the Department of Education, an escalating attack on jobs and education services is taking place across the US.
The ruling marks the first legal victory for student protesters who have faced an intensifying campaign of repression on college campuses across the United States for their opposition to the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.
The only conclusion to be drawn is that the Transport Workers' Action Committee must now be established so we can represent our interests. Verdi's termination of the contract dispute underlines nothing can be achieved under the union leadership. New forms of organisation are needed: action committees.
Des died on April 23 after suffering a catastrophic heart attack aged just 58.
The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee meeting on April 27 passed a resolution in defence of 350 striking Birmingham bin workers.
The Verdi leadership unreservedly supports the warmongering policy of both the outgoing and incoming federal governments.
We are building a network of rank-and-file educators, students, parents, and workers to stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.
