Australia: Kindergarten teachers take industrial action, but union seeks a deal
Since the educators held their first strike in 11 years, the Australian Education Union has held back any further action against the Victorian Labor government.
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Since the educators held their first strike in 11 years, the Australian Education Union has held back any further action against the Victorian Labor government.
The Leadership of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City, with the collaboration of other city unions, have now lowered the quality of medical care for city workers in order to save the city hundreds of millions of dollars.
Veteran educator and founding member of the Alabama Rank-and-File Educators Committee Clare discusses the significance of the Socialist Equality Party’s recent statement on the way forward in the fight against fascism and dictatorship.
A proposal was released Friday by the Austin Independent School District to close 13 schools, causing panic and anger among parents and school teachers. The plan includes the closure of 11 elementary schools and two middle schools.
The vote’s outcome underlines the urgent necessity of flight attendants at Air Canada and across North America, as well as workers in every economic sector, establishing their organizational and political independence from the trade union bureaucracy.
The Philadelphia Workers Rank-and-File Strike Committee calls for teachers and all city workers to build independent rank-and-file power to defeat austerity, union betrayal, and attacks on living standards.
The contract rejection must become the launching pad for a renewed fight based on an entirely new strategy—one that breaks the stranglehold of the CUPW bureaucracy and mobilizes the immense social power of the entire working class.
The Philadelphia municipal strike was not the end but the opening act in a rapid series of confrontations in Philadelphia and beyond.
We are building a network of rank-and-file educators, students, parents, and workers to stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.