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All Workers Militant Front, Closing Statement PAME Conference

November 14, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Conferences, Europe, Greece, Labor Struggles, Marxism, Paths to Emancipation, Socio-Economic Struggles

published on Labor Today, November 2024

Argentina: Milei’s War on Workers Met with General Strike

January 31, 2024 UNAC Editor Argentina, Austerity, Economic Collapse, Labor, Labor Struggles

By Adam Wetzstein, posted on Workers World, January 26, 2024 I see this as a warning to us. [jb] After decades of rapid inflation and economic crisis, Argentine voters last November elected economics professor Javier Milei as president. However, many consider Milei an Argentine variant of his pro-fascist Brazilian neighbor, former President João Bolsonaro, or even of Donald Trump. His[…]

U.S. Labor March for Palestine

December 27, 2023 UNAC Editor Action!!, Labor, Protest

by Labor Today International, December 22, 2023 On Thursday evening 12/21/2023 2- 3,000 people rallied in New York City for a ceasefire in Palestine. LTI was there! What follows is the publicity for that march. We will bring you more information as it becomes available. Solidarity forever! Joseph F. Hancock, Editor Abdel Honorio García, Assistant Editor and Treasurer Dr. Frank[…]

‘The Leading Class in the Philippine Revolution is the Proletariat’

August 13, 2023 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Philippines

By Phoebe De Padua, published on Workers World, August 9, 2023 This slightly edited talk was presented July 31 on the Workers World Party webinar titled “Lenin and the working class.” Go to youtube.com/watch?v=bNLB1b3tFKY to view the entire webinar. Warm and militant greetings, comrades! I am very glad to be part of this important and relevant webinar presented by Workers[…]

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[…]

The Bewildering Vote in Chile That Rejected a New Constitution

September 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Chile, Chile, Democracy and Consent

By Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad, Produced by Globetrotter, September 9, 2022 On September 4, 2022, more than 13 million Chileans—out of a voting-eligible population of approximately 15 million—voted on a proposal to introduce a new constitution in the country. As early as March, polls began to suggest that the constitution would not be able to pass. However, polls[…]

Starbucks Fires Entire Organizing Committee in Memphis, Union Spreads to NYC

February 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles

by Arjae Red, published on Workers World, February 11, 2022 Seven Starbucks workers at the Poplar and Highland Starbucks in Memphis, Tennessee, were fired Feb. 8 in the most vicious and blatant act of union busting by the company so far. These firings accounted for approximately 35% of the total workforce in the store, according to the press statement released[…]

New trend/ U.S. workers strike and organize at a new pace

February 9, 2022 UNAC Editor Interview, Labor Struggles

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, February 5, 2022 This lightly edited article, based on an interview with Workers World Managing Editor Martha Grevatt, was published Feb. 2 in the Danish Communist Party’s newspaper, “Worker.” With renewed determination, workers in the U.S. are staging strikes, forming unions or quitting their jobs in protest of underpayment and poor working conditions[…]

Amazon Labor Union to file for election in Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 25

October 25, 2021 UNAC Editor Labor, Labor Struggles

Statement by Workers Assembly Against Racism, published on Workers World, October 23, 2021 After organizing to form an independent worker-led Amazon Labor Union (ALU) for the last six months, workers at Amazon’s Staten Island JFK8 warehouse and the surrounding facilities (LDJ5, DYY6, DYX2) announced they would file for election Oct. 25 at 2 p.m., in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y. Pro-worker organizations,[…]

Global Supply Chain Crisis: Workers’ Health and Safety vs. Capitalists’ Profits

October 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Labor Struggles, Public Health

by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, October 7, 2021 At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, panic buying seemed to create a shortage of different necessities, including toilet paper. Midway through the COVID-19 pandemic, housing prices started rising drastically, as demand surpassed supply due to shortages of construction materials. As students returned to in-person learning, schools found[…]