Puerto Rico
Workers rally in support of Puerto Rican students
By Rafael Azul, May 21, 2010
Thousands rallied across Puerto Rico on May 18th in support of striking Puerto Rican students and in opposition to the austerity policies of the governor.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
May 18, 2010
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Police attack student strikers at University of Puerto Rico
By Rafael Azul, May 17, 2010
On May 14, Puerto Rican security forces moved to break a student strike by laying siege to the Rio Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico, in violation of the long-standing tradition of autonomy at UPR campuses.
Puerto Rican students occupy four universities
By Alphonso Santana and Rafael Azul, April 28, 2010
Students have occupied Puerto Rico’s largest university, the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, in a suburb of San Juan, to oppose tuition increases and the privatization plans of Governor Luis Fortuño.
New York City homeless population at an all-time high
By Sandy English and Ali Ismail, November 21, 2009
The number of homeless housed by the city is 11 percent more than last year and is the highest number of people seeking shelter on record, even before cold weather has started.
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October 20, 2009
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Puerto Rico: General strike against mass layoffs
By Bill Van Auken, October 17, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of workers joined a day-long general strike Thursday in opposition to the layoffs of tens of thousands of public employees ordered by the island territory’s Governor Luis Fortuño.
Puerto Rico: Mass layoffs provoke protests, strikes
By Bill Van Auken, October 5, 2009
The Puerto Rican government’s announced layoff of 17,000 public employees has provoked protests and strikes.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
June 2, 2009
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October 29, 2008
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Puerto Rico: Teachers battle unionbusting
By Peter Daniels, March 3, 2008
Thousands of public school teachers in Puerto Rico are in the second week of a bitter island-wide strike which has turned into a full-fledged battle against unionbusting. They are fighting the government of Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila, who has the apparent support of the bureaucracy of the US-based Service
Workers Struggles: The Americas
January 29, 2008
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