Labor Struggles

Teachers’ Strike in Mexico

Brutal Mexican State Repression Against Striking Teachers: Victory to the Mexican Teachers! For United Working Class Struggle Across Borders Throughout the Americas! Educators, students and school employees in Mexico are approaching a watershed moment of struggle against union busting, austerity and the wholesale privatization and/or junking of public education. Already in some quarters this struggle…

TWSC: SYNDICALISM CLOGS THE PATH

The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee, composed of a handful of retired workers, some actually from the ILWU, convened a well-attended meeting (mostly by long term leftists) in SF on Tuesday, March 31st, at the church across the street from ILWU HQ. This followed the ILWU caucus to discuss and review the current tentative agreement (TA)…

Bankrupt IAM International Leadership Betrays Boeing Workers

Bankrupt IAM International Leadership Betrays Boeing Workers In yet another significant major defeat for organized labor, the top leadership of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) in secret negotiations with Boeing, reopened the contract and shoved through a vote of the membership to accept devastating concessions.  Devastating not only for the Boeing workers but for…

BART: MANAGEMENT ARROGANCE KILLS SCABS

TRUCK DRIVERS, BUS DRIVERS, BART WORKERS:  JOIN FORCES TURN THE TIDE!   MANAGEMENT ARROGANCE KILLS WORKERS!  THIS IS WAR! WE CAN IGNORE IT AND DIE OR FIGHT AND DEFEAT THEIR MURDERERS BLOODY REIGN!  HOLD MASS MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS THAT  REJECT TAKE AWAY BARGAINING!   BART, AC TRANSIT, OUT OF CONTRACT UNIONS AND LOW WAGE WORKERS UNITE TO INITIATE THE…

ATU 192 REJECTS TAKE AWAY TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

The courageous rejection of the TAKE AWAY tentative agreement by the ATU 192 (AC Transit)  last night will inspire and strengthen the resolve of the ATU 1555 (BART)  workers to stand firm against the TAKE AWAY proposals now on the table in their negotiations. The timely coincidence of the stalemate of both of these negotiations…