General Strike

General National Strike March 16 in Greece

March 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Democracy and Consent, Greece

International PAME, Rail Issues, Solidarity, published on Labor Today, March 13, 2023 The victims of capitalism raise their voices in Greece. They are our victims and also a reflection of where we are headed unless we embrace major changes. It is time for the people to stand up and demand a change of direction. [jb] New Huge Demonstrations yesterday– Escalation[…]

Massive Strikes Hit France: More Than One Million People Join 200 Protest Marches

January 23, 2023 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, Labor, Labor Struggles, Resistance

by Staff at Countercurrents, January 20, 2023 A massive strike has hit France on Thursday. Workers and other earners joined hands in protesting pension reform. Trade union sources said the number of people joining more than 200 protest marches was 2 million. Police had to use tear gas to contain the protesters in Paris. Teachers, railway workers and public sector[…]

‘They Shot Them Down Like Animals’: Massacre at Peru’s Ayacucho

January 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, coup, Mass action, New Pink Tide, Peru, Resistance

by Zoe Alexandra, produced by Globetrotter, January 5, 2023 On December 15, 2022, while helicopters flew overhead, members of Peru’s national army shot down civilians with live bullets in the outskirts of the city of Ayacucho. This action was in response to a national strike and mobilization to protest the coup d’état that deposed President Pedro Castillo on December 7. On December 15, hundreds[…]

Workers in France Conduct One-Day General Strike

November 10, 2022 UNAC Editor France, Political Analysis, Resistance

by Otis Grotewhol, published on Workers World, October 28, 2022 If they can do it, why can’t we? [jb] Protesters clashed with the police in numerous cities, as 300,000 workers participated in a partial general strike in France Oct. 18 and courageously took to the streets throughout the country. Most of the striking workers were from the transportation, education and[…]

The End of Low Wage Work

May 16, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Economics, Labor

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, May 12, 2021 The combination of unemployment and additional stimulus support has made staying home a better economic decision than working for peanuts under stressful conditions. “The opportunity to hear why workers make a logical choice is never heard.” The latest popular lament in the United States is not about how the[…]

Class struggle breaks out in the streets of France

December 13, 2019 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Protest

By G. Dunkel, posted on Workers World, December 9, 2019 Workers in France are determined to defend one of the best retirement systems in the world, a retirement system based on solidarity and respect. That’s why 1.5 million workers hit the streets Dec. 5 in 250 French cities — all the big cities and most of the midsize and smaller[…]

Unions, Yellow Vests Join Feb. 5 General Strike in France

March 3, 2019 UNAC Editor Protest

Photo by Pascal Maga, Published on Flikr, taken January 12, 2019 By Rémy Herrera posted on Workers World, March 2, 2019 Feb. 21 — In France, Feb. 5 was a day of general strike and demonstrations. The call was launched nationally by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and many other labor unions, such as Solidaires and Force Ouvrière, unions[…]

Yellow Vests Show the Way

December 16, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Labor, Protest, Resistance

“Yellow vests” mass protests against the rise in fuel prices in the French capital of Paris ~Sputnik by Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, December 12, 2018 The yellow vests ought to be inspirations for the 99% on this side of the Atlantic ocean. “They will not accept neoliberal plunder without a fight.” French law requires drivers to keep gilets jaunes,[…]