Workers Struggles
Australia: Workers protest against Labor government assault on safety laws
By our correspondents, September 2, 2009
Workers in several cities demonstrated yesterday against moves by the Australian government to undermine occupational health and safety legislation. The trade unions, however, are merely seeking a pla...
Britain: ServisAir staff end nine-day strike at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport
By Danny Richardson, September 2, 2009
ServisAir employees at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport returned to work September 1, following a nine-day strike over the threat of 23 compulsory redundancies.
Workers struggles: The Americas
September 1, 2009
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Canada: Vale Inco unveils strikebreaking operation
By Carl Bronski, September 1, 2009
As 3,100 striking miners in Sudbury, Ontario enter their eighth week on the picket lines, mining giant Vale Inco has announced plans to resume production in what would be an unprecedented strikebreaki...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
August 29, 2009
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
August 28, 2009
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Australia: Bus drivers strike in defiance of union
By Mike Head, August 26, 2009
A six-hour strike by 130 bus drivers in western Sydney against the imposition of new timetables has produced furious denunciations in the media because the workers defied their union.
Australia: Court case against West Gate workers ends in plea bargain
By Terry Cook, August 26, 2009
The decision to seek a plea bargain, rather than launch a public campaign to defend the 12 men, was primarily aimed at burying the issue and defusing a potentially explosive confrontation between buil...
Detroit teachers rally against concessions and layoffs
By Walter Gilberti, August 26, 2009
Detroit teachers rallied in front of the public schools headquarters Tuesday to defend jobs and oppose the drastic concessions demanded by district’s financial czar Robert Bobb.
Australia: Growing opposition among Victorian paramedics to Brumby-union sell out deal
By Margaret Rees, August 25, 2009
Opposition is rapidly developing among Victorian paramedics against an “in principle” three-year industrial agreement announced by the state Labor government and Ambulance Employees Association on...
Workers Struggles: The Americas
August 25, 2009
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South Korean government witch-hunts Ssangyong workers
By Terry Cook, August 24, 2009
Following the end of the 77-day occupation of Ssangyong Motor’s plant in Pyeongtaek, the government of President Lee Myung-bak is carrying out a police vendetta against the workers involved.
