https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/site_area/workershttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/13/abzy-j13.htmlThe strike showed strong opposition among educators to the deepening attack on public schools, where conditions are already close to impossible. But the union speakers sought to channel this anger behind plaintive appeals to the same Labor government carrying out the attack.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:57:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/01d448a6-6865-477e-8816-74f4b5834eaM/abzy-j13.html2026-06-13T05:57:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/13/jsbi-j13.htmlAntwiane 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.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:52:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d2b3a7a6-eb3d-4520-8498-92fc697479aH/jsbi-j13.html2026-06-13T04:52:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/13/kjgt-j13.htmlPrivate-sector teachers in Türkiye will launch an indefinite protest in Ankara—where the NATO summit will be held in early July—to demand their social rights.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:37:29 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4ed89720-c300-4121-ad59-6229fbab46dA/kjgt-j13.html2026-06-13T04:37:29Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/13/pqao-j13.htmlThe APWU's 200,000 members are being directed to the very same forces that are driving the destruction of the post office.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:20:14 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8675bfa7-de33-4fc0-a56f-a5819687e63O/pqao-j13.html2026-06-13T04:20:14Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/13/dzye-j13.htmlOne thousand striking American Axle parts workers are being rushed by the UAW bureaucracy into voting on a sellout tentative agreement announced on Wednesday and deliberately denied adequate time to study and understand what is in the contract.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:28:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/91a2e76c-04ae-4c06-b18a-1ac30a20cbdL/dzye-j13.html2026-06-13T03:28:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/13/pigi-j13.htmlA planned strike by 2,000 hospitality workers was called off by UNITE HERE Local 11 after the announcement of a tentative agreement. Ninety-six percent of members voted overwhelmingly for strike action.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:55:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4bb0b9ef-b39f-4a71-9d49-53bb3a1a2cdF/pigi-j13.html2026-06-13T02:55:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/13/frfi-j13.htmlIG Metall is not fighting against the steel corporations and government, which is pouring hundreds of billions into war and rearmament while slashing social spending. It is closing ranks with the worst enemies of the steelworkers.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:49:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7de2a947-70f6-4d7c-98b6-9b9f85f101fI/frfi-j13.html2026-06-13T02:49:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/13/gzrs-j13.htmlEvery major school district in San Diego County is in deficit. The 2025-26 school year has brought mass layoffs, pay cuts and campus closures, with deeper austerity projected for years to come.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:46:15 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2d15d918-104d-4cf7-9006-e94f8d21c2cN/gzrs-j13.html2026-06-13T01:46:15Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/12/shox-j12.htmlSouth Korea: Kakao platform workers strike over low pay; India: Rural childcare workers protest in Himachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka: Duncan Estate workers continue strike over allowances and workloads; Australia: UGL contract workers extend action at Woodside’s LNG plants.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:49:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/666aea5b-bac5-4b8d-bccd-91c6285e766B/shox-j12.html2026-06-12T22:49:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/12/hmfg-j12.htmlThe pseudo-left are trying to keep teachers within the union straitjacket as it works with the Labor government to impose a sellout deal.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:23:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/cfff7f1e-7f9d-46a6-9f97-e097303b3cfL/hmfg-j12.html2026-06-12T06:23:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/12/yszc-j12.htmlThe United Auto Workers bureaucracy is rushing to end the 10-day strike to prevent American Axle workers from linking up with Nexteer, Dana and other parts workers fighting decades of UAW backed wage cuts.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:01:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4092abbf-6511-4107-8d39-b904ce99a8fB/yszc-j12.html2026-06-12T05:01:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/12/bfkb-j12.htmlThe firing of Antwiane Sanders exposes the bureaucracy’s real function: policing workers on behalf of the corporations by suppressing opposition and enforcing labor discipline.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:59:35 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/30d43c81-bd1f-4058-bbc6-7eb8feb2a2dM/bfkb-j12.html2026-06-12T04:59:35Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/12/dfxa-j12.htmlIn November 2025, the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee launched an independent inquiry into the deaths at the post office because management, federal regulators and the union bureaucracy had failed to protect workers.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:08:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5d1b7288-7d67-4dd1-ab4e-1e6d9832657O/dfxa-j12.html2026-06-12T04:08:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/12/azjw-j12.htmlAfter over two years of the CUPW leadership isolating postal workers, conniving behind the scenes with management and the government, and blocking any attempt to broaden the fight to other sections of workers confronting the same attacks, the prevailing mood among workers was that they had no option but to acceptFri, 12 Jun 2026 01:47:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c980b1ba-6263-453b-8e33-dc83e99864aG/azjw-j12.html2026-06-12T01:47:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/12/bwxt-j12.htmlTeachers in the United States and Britain have sent messages of solidarity to teachers and Education Support staff in Victoria fighting a sellout union-Labor deal.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:23:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4385bc61-17a6-47b0-9d2d-ac317146c9aM/bwxt-j12.html2026-06-12T01:23:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/11/htie-j11.htmlOne in two workers at France’s national railways walk out over pay and conditions; further protests across Iran’s cities by high school students, academics, sacked steel workers and medical students as living standards plummet due to US sanctions and savage bombardment; miners at strategic copper mine in the Congo strike over poverty pay and conditionsThu, 11 Jun 2026 17:47:16 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/51b460c0-f021-4835-bbb9-c0eab5024eaO/htie-j11.html2026-06-11T17:47:16Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/11/qgsp-j11.htmlSkyrocketing energy prices are devastating the living standards of tens of millions of working people.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:26:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/090745a4-ac99-4978-91e6-2af440534baA/qgsp-j11.html2026-06-11T04:26:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/11/tftx-j11.htmlThese 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.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:35:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/840344c9-ff98-4ea5-bcbc-ef25835c38bM/tftx-j11.html2026-06-11T03:35:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/11/nglc-j11.htmlWhile workers have demanded strike action, the bureaucracy of the Chocolate Workers Local 464 is keeping them on the job.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:09:35 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/abd3501b-e791-4686-b34e-544c7a28fa2D/nglc-j11.html2026-06-11T03:09:35Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/11/gfcy-j11.htmlThe MTA claims there is “no money,” in the richest city in the world, for pay that keeps pace with inflation. Meanwhile, around 15 percent of the MTA’s overall budget is spent servicing debt to Wall Street firms like BlackRock and Vanguard.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:58:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/97602b68-78ab-4a4a-ad62-3bdb2ed7ee7N/gfcy-j11.html2026-06-11T02:58:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/11/puge-j11.htmlThe protests were directed against Kast’s newly installed fascistic government and its across-the-board spending cuts in the public sector in service of Chilean and international capital.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:21:08 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6f5dc950-b192-4bbd-ba7a-6f53b1969c9P/puge-j11.html2026-06-11T01:21:08Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/whnd-j10.htmlTeachers and school assistants in Canberra will join a 24-hour strike this Thursday over essentially the same issues of poor pay and deteriorating conditions that confront educators everywhere.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:25:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8dbb9a3f-e03d-4e3d-a02f-633cfd6b4cbE/whnd-j10.html2026-06-10T06:25:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/akge-j10.htmlThe union is celebrating the plant closure and loss of 400 jobs as a great success, as it has achieved "a significantly improved financial safeguard." Previously, the workforce had proved that it wants to fight to preserve jobs.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b9b97047-5440-4dfe-9700-d0777daabfdP/akge-j10.html2026-06-10T05:00:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/xutd-j10.htmlLehman, the Mack Trucks worker waging a rank-and-file campaign for the presidency of the United Auto Workers, distributed an open letter Tuesday to a list of 300,000 UAW members maintained by the federal monitor.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:41:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6904a009-f4f5-45d9-a08e-92576c1c070O/xutd-j10.html2026-06-10T04:41:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/eplx-j10.htmlAutomated Track Inspection, used in conjunction with human visual inspections, can be used to greatly increase railway safety. Instead, they are being used to cut jobs on behalf of profit. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:31:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c21f5e81-7906-4a00-bdda-b46944be738G/eplx-j10.html2026-06-10T04:31:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/vahi-j10.htmlBehind the talk of “enrollment decline” stands a conscious ruling class drive to gut public schools and hand education over to private profit.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:28:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/305e374b-a853-47e1-9502-7a99fe9264dN/vahi-j10.html2026-06-10T02:28:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/zbpu-j10.htmlUAW officials at GM's Flint Assembly plant are allowing the company to truck in axles from the strikebound American Axle plant (Dauch Corp.) in Three Rivers, Michigan.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:28:35 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5b69eb78-6155-40fd-ab28-1057114de29L/zbpu-j10.html2026-06-10T02:28:35Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/sjpc-j09.htmlA nationwide strike by Mexican teachers continues, while an eight-week strike by thousands of Nova Scotia care home workers has been suspended by the union ahead of a contract vote.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:46:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5b89eabd-ba3b-433d-893b-6789627e104I/sjpc-j09.html2026-06-09T04:46:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/axkr-j09.htmlAt an AEU meeting, officials declared out of order a resolution opposing their agreement with the state Labor government.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:42:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c20e4230-eb88-448d-ac58-0c19b9fd200M/axkr-j09.html2026-06-09T04:42:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/ieys-j09.htmlThe DFT invited the school superintendent to the union meeting in order to stump for a millage vote, endorsing Proposal S, which will fall on Detroit renters to pay.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:40:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/df4a4f9a-f1bb-4d95-9a83-50ed4684b85H/ieys-j09.html2026-06-09T03:40:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/wwoe-j09.htmlThe workers were massacred in Calabria by gangmasters in a system of hyper-exploitation whose conditions were created by Italy’s government and “opposition.”Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:23:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b03caf7d-7d61-4283-bd21-45eb10dbbc5B/wwoe-j09.html2026-06-09T01:23:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/wofo-j09.htmlCarney has his eye on a far-reaching re-write of labour laws that will deeply erode what remains of federally regulated workers’ right to strike and their precarious ability to bargain independently of government interference.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:11:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9486dfd8-d544-41c5-8213-bedc18bc73aH/wofo-j09.html2026-06-09T01:11:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/kmdj-j08.htmlAn ongoing inquiry by the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee has documented the absence of written safety protocols, the lack of defibrillators and medical personnel, blocked cell phone signals and dangerous emergency-response failures at the Palmetto Regional Processing and Distribution Center.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:44:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8db913a9-598d-47a5-bc25-e7e2b2a40c6C/kmdj-j08.html2026-06-08T23:44:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/taex-j08.htmlThe lockout was reinforced by a major police presence, with photographs shared by workers showing a fleet of police vehicles stationed around the site.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:59:19 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ff916710-3f10-4ef9-92d3-50ad686b8afB/taex-j08.html2026-06-08T18:59:19Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/bgfo-j08.htmlFour workers have died at the Palmetto Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Georgia in the past two years. The most recent, Demarcus Little, told a supervisor he felt unwell last week, collapsed, and died.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:09:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0bea5b84-7eec-4115-9e46-6818651e5adP/bgfo-j08.html2026-06-08T04:09:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/zrzz-j08.htmlNexteer workers who have voted down three UAW-backed contracts are fighting to join American Axle workers in a common strike.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:54:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a891ad95-0a7d-4b58-9941-70b23038480F/zrzz-j08.html2026-06-08T03:54:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/nelt-j08.htmlIn April 2026, Stellantis announced elimination of 650 of the remaining 1,650 jobs at the Rüsselsheim, Germany development center, without hiring replacements, in open violation of an ongoing “Future Collective Bargaining Agreement.”Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:24:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bd45d797-c1b9-4f37-a3ed-e9370c2e562A/nelt-j08.html2026-06-08T02:24:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/loxu-j08.htmlA 23-year-old labourer’s arm was ripped off by a drilling machine at the Cadia East mine near Orange, New South Wales. Almost three years later, the company was fined just $750,000.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:39:49 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b232ffc7-3526-422d-9f35-f97299f7dcaF/loxu-j08.html2026-06-08T01:39:49Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/07/kzro-j07.htmlAnn Arbor Public Schools teachers have now gone nearly six months without a contract following their near-unanimous rejection of a tentative agreement.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:36:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/afacb2c2-2d0b-46be-8f3f-968ca6c272fI/kzro-j07.html2026-06-07T23:36:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/bghi-j06.htmlThe UAW bureaucracy is seeking to impose a fourth sellout tentative agreement after autoworkers at the Saginaw steering plant rejected the first three and voted by 86 percent to authorize a strike.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:01:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b3bc08b6-68a8-46f8-b016-85c52153c18C/bghi-j06.html2026-06-06T05:01:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/zcwy-j06.htmlNurses at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital have filed for a union election with the SEIU amid management intimidation, but the fight for safe staffing and patient care requires rank-and-file organization independent of a union whose history is one of isolating and betraying workers.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:55:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9c255960-bb1b-4e19-bff1-5e135ff3e36C/zcwy-j06.html2026-06-06T04:55:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/hcuw-j06.htmlThese struggles are two parts of a growing confrontation between the New York working class and the financial oligarchy that dominates the city.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:54:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/da87ee7e-02ce-454e-bcce-86dae113d53K/hcuw-j06.html2026-06-06T04:54:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/dkwc-j06.htmlLittle was the father of a 21-year-old son, Demarcus Jr., and a four-year-old daughter, Lauren. Those who knew him described him as kind, considerate and an all-around great guy.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:53:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/79f6be0c-5d8f-4739-b89a-d3d4adce77eL/dkwc-j06.html2026-06-06T04:53:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/eorr-j06.htmlThe Committee for Public Education urges educators and workers to join the meeting to discuss how to develop the fight against the sellout deal between the Australian Education Union and the Victorian state Labor government, and the underlying austerity and war agenda of the federal Labor government.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:33:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/843c7ebb-eca1-4c59-9a20-9d1673d6829M/eorr-j06.html2026-06-06T03:33:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/qusc-j06.htmlThe Fair Work Commission admitted that the meagre 4.75 percent increase to award wages would not “be sufficient to close the real wage gap entirely.”Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:31:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3541c49b-6055-44e9-b4e1-d6b002f34bfL/qusc-j06.html2026-06-06T03:31:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/osxk-j06.htmlSouth Korea: Kakao platform workers to strike over wages and bonuses; India: Maharashtra women workers rally in Mumbai to demand government status; Punjab state-operated service centre employees still on strike; Australia: 400 INPEX LNG production workers walk out in NT for higher pay; Adelaide nurses and midwives strike for better wages.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:19:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ce3a080e-3ad7-476a-9b5c-6a055d81b84O/osxk-j06.html2026-06-06T00:19:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/oqgo-j05.htmlAfter reluctantly calling a second statewide stoppage in November to head off teachers’ discontent, the QTU leadership shut down further industrial action and effectively joined hands with the state government to refer the dispute to compulsory arbitration.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:29:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/01297f56-eaeb-457c-98f6-4ff2be12e14B/oqgo-j05.html2026-06-05T04:29:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/vopq-j05.htmlWorkers at Bridgewaters Interiors in Warren, Michigan, have voted to reject a tentative agreement while thousands of Dana auto parts workers are being kept in the dark ahead of imminent contract ratification votes.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:12:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5f8b327b-45a1-438f-aa2d-b3fde1d0768C/vopq-j05.html2026-06-05T04:12:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/llkq-j05.htmlLike previous TAs, the latest proposal does not include any protection against layoffs, under conditions in which as many as 300 to 400 workers face job elimination over the next years through automation and consolidation.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:07:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/533c6d52-2af7-4825-a96d-d3d22f85f4fO/llkq-j05.html2026-06-05T04:07:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/eflk-j05.htmlOne thousand American Axle workers continue their walkout which began on Monday against the key auto supplier and are reporting efforts by the company to move product across their picket lines while provocations against pickets have been reportedly instigated by company security guards.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:01:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a7986e73-f16e-467d-ac93-eaa1ed82f39K/eflk-j05.html2026-06-05T04:01:58Z