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How the Supreme Court could severely limit workers’ right to strike
A case the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday could make unions and workers liable for any damages their company incurred during a strike, dealing a blow to organized labor.
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Greenland is worse than ever, much worse
A new study finds Greenland’s ice sheet thinning much further into the ice sheet core than previously thought, 100 miles inland. (Source: S. Khan, et al, Extensive Inland Thinning and Speed-Up of North-East Greenland Stream, Nature, November 9, 2022)
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University of California workers launch largest academic strike in U.S. history
Workers in the U.S. continue to make waves in historically unorganized sectors such as academia and service.
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Ford blinks in face of union solidarity; will repeal Bill 28
Perhaps Ontario Premier Doug Ford wasn’t expecting the backlash he received when he enacted Bill 28 on Thursday last week.
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Unions call for transport strike to cause major disruptions
French union groups call for a nationwide transport strike as disruptions continue amid fuel shortages and soaring prices.
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Statements from Alabama prisoners as strike enters third week
Prisoners issue statements, as Alabama prison strike enters third week and the state continues to try and break the struggle.
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British Trade unions and leftist organizations hold massive mobilizations over cost of living crisis
On Saturday, over 100,000 people joined the protests called by the Enough is Enough Campaign across the country. Protests were also held on Sunday in front of the Tory party conference in Birmingham.
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While rail unions meet with Biden to avert strike, 500 railroaders attend meeting to organize rank-and-file opposition
With the specter of a national rail strike in the United States looming, two meetings took place on Wednesday night.
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Columbus teacher strike secures victory
After a historic strike and fight against inhumane school conditions, Columbus teachers scored a victory for themselves and their students against the Columbus City Schools (CCS) Board of Education.
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Puerto Ricans demand cancellation of contract with LUMA Energy
Protesters denounce increased power outages, while power prices have risen several times since LUMA began operating Puerto Rico’s electricity system.
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Kaiser clinicians strike against ‘separate and unequal’ mental health care
Thousands of Northern California Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians, members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), are on strike.
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‘An attack on solidarity’
Trade unions furious with Sir Keir for sacking shadow transport secretary as McDonnell backs growing calls for a general strike.
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Massive rally in Piacenza against the persecution of trade unionists
The trade unionists were placed under house arrest and searched on July 19th, based on a 350-page indictment of the Piacenza Public Prosecutor’s Office against USB and Si Cobas unions.
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Heroic Oakland community strikes and occupies elementary school to prevent closures
For months, school board meetings have been flooded with outcry from parents, teachers and children defending public education. Since May 25, the community has been occupying Parker Community School to protest its closure.
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Another Young Ecuadorian Dies During National Strike
“It is worrying how military and police violence has escalated against those who exercise their right to protest and resist,” said the Alliance of Ecuadorian Human Rights Organizations.
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‘The biggest rail strike in modern history’: RMT raises the flag – News from the Frontline
Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles.
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U.S. govt’s Summit of the Americas fails: Boycott by presidents of Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, Guatemala
As the U.S. government’s Summit of the Americas opens in Los Angeles, California, the presidents of Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, and Guatemala have refused to attend, protesting the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
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Italian workers strike over military spending on war in Ukraine
Trade unions are angered over the government’s military spending on Ukraine which they say would be better spent on raising workers’ wages at a time when the economy is predicted to slide into recession.
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‘They’re playing really dirty’: Amazon lashes back in Staten Island warehouses
The company has billed itself as the everything store. Now Amazon is the throw-everything-at-them union-buster—trying every trick in the playbook to throttle worker organizing at its Staten Island warehouses in New York City.
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Climate research strike? Linking up environmental science with the ‘science of society’
Hundreds of IPCC scientists provide the United Nations periodically with reports on adverse impacts of climate change. The most recent report, issued in February, details rising seas, terrible droughts, atypical weather events, thawing permafrost, dying forests, and massive displacement of populations.