Labor

UTIER, Independent Puerto Rican Electrical Trade Union Fighting US Neoliberal Privatization

November 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Colonialism, Labor Struggles, Lawfare, Puerto Rico

Statement by Jeanette Graulau, published on Labor Today, November 2022 While some Western countries are planning to re-nationalize their energy industries, the U.S. imposes upon its colony of Puerto Rico a privatization plan to ‘unbundle’ the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), one of the oldest and fully operational electric power corporations of Latin America. Since 2020, LUMA Energy, a[…]

For African/Black Working Class and Colonized Peoples, Midterm Elections in the U.S. Offer No Relief from War Repression and Capitalist Misery

November 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Democracy and Consent, Labor, Racism, War on the Poor, White Supremacy

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 9, 2022 The 50-year old neo-liberal agenda explains why political choices in this country provide little change that benefits the masses of people. The recent midterm election results will not bring about an improvement in the lives of the Black working class. The agenda was set with the Lewis Powell Memorandum[…]

Workers InFrance Stage Nationwide Strike For Higher Wages and 130,000 People March In Paris

October 20, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Breaking News, Democracy and Consent, Europe, France, Labor Struggles

by the Countercurrents Collective, published on Countercurrents, October 19, 2022 The Europeans are struggling with the insane response of the EU leadership to the Ukraine War, eagerly sacrificing their welfare to a proxy war in support of U.S. aggression and a deadly proxy war. [jb] French workers took part in a nationwide strike Tuesday to demand higher wages to keep[…]

Railroad Contracts: Biden, Walsh Thwart Use of Strike Weapon

September 30, 2022 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, September 23, 2022 As the deadline for a national railroad strike loomed, President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh hammered out a tentative agreement between the rail freight bosses and those railroad unions which had not already agreed to a contract. For now, this maneuvering has averted a strike that[…]

Strike, Strike, Strike

September 24, 2022 UNAC Editor Austerity, Democracy and Consent, Labor, Labor Struggles, New World Visions, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements

by Chris Hedges, published on The Chris Hedges Report, September 18, 2022 The mounting social inequality is fueling protests around the globe. The global ruling class is determined to prevent these protests from employing the weapon that can bring them down — strikes. The ruling oligarchs are terrified that, for tens of millions of people, the economic dislocation caused by[…]

No Tech for Apartheid

September 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Israel-Palestine, Labor, Surveillance, Weaponized Information

By Mackenzie Dolan and Dave Welsh, published on Workers World, September 13, 2022 Tech workers held actions in multiple cities Sept. 8, demanding Big Tech drop its Project Nimbus contract with the apartheid police state of Israel. Project Nimbus is a $1.2 billion-dollar contract Amazon and Google have with the Israeli government and military for “cloud computing” that aids in[…]

US LABOR DAY: Central American Migrants & US Labor History

September 4, 2022 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Migrants and Refugees, Organizing

by Elizabeth Oglesby, published on Consortium News, September 3, 2022 Tech workers, warehouse employees and baristas have notched many victories in recent months at major U.S. companies long deemed long shots for unions, including Apple, Amazon and Starbucks. To me, these recent union wins recall another pivotal period in the U.S. labor movement several decades ago. But that one was[…]

Call for Solidarity: FBI Raids African People’s Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement

August 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Black Liberation Movement, Capitalism, Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy and Consent, Fascism, Free Speech, History, Imperialism, Labor Struggles

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, August 4, 2022 The United National Antiwar Coalition has initiated an important online petition to solicit solidarity with the APSP and the Uhuru Movement. The petition defends their right to freely associate with people around the world, to hold any political beliefs it may choose, and to express them without fear of intimidation,[…]

Italian Government Arrests Militant Unionists

July 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Europe, Labor Struggles

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, July 28, 2022 Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor’s office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics[…]

Black Scare, Red Scare

July 12, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, History, Labor, Racism, Rights of Opressed Peoples

by Tatti Ribeiro and Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, published on Frank News, July 5, 2022 Charisse makes some very good points here that you don’t see very often. It is always good to have a review of the historical through a different lens. Many of these points come clear when you follow so call ‘women’s liberation’ as well. [jb] My name[…]