Workers Struggles
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
February 11, 2012
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Germany: Lessons for workers from the defeat at Manroland
By Ulrich Rippert, February 11, 2012
The IG Metall trade union played a key role from the beginning, preparing and enforcing the “turbo-bankruptcy” of printing press manufacturer Manroland and massive job cuts, as well as preventing any serious opposition developing.
ISO covers for New York nurses union
By Peter Daniels, February 10, 2012
The “pseudo-left” finds a silver lining in concessions for New York nurses.
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
February 10, 2012
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Australian coal loader workers continue industrial action
By Richard Phillips, February 9, 2012
Strikes are continuing at the Port Kembla Coal Terminal, while coal miners in central Queensland’s Bowen Basin voted last week to strike.
CAW begins talks on closing Ontario Caterpillar plant
By Keith Jones, February 9, 2012
Last Friday, Caterpillar announced that it was transforming a six-week-old lockout of the 465 CAW members employed at the train locomotive assembly facility into a plant closure.
Kucinich pushes anti-Chinese chauvinism in visit to Cooper Tire lockout
By Jerry White, February 7, 2012
The United Steelworkers (USW) invited US Congressman Dennis Kucinich to Findlay, Ohio, providing the long-time Democratic Party politician with a platform to posture as a friend of the locked out Cooper Tire workers.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
February 4, 2012
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
February 3, 2012
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Australia: Coal terminal workers strike over enterprise agreement
By Richard Phillips, February 3, 2012
The union’s main concern is to limit the dispute as it engages in closed-door talks with management.
Locked-out Ohio workers defy Cooper Tire as negotiations resume
By Jerry White and James Brewer, February 3, 2012
After waiting for the United Steelworkers to prevent a strike in Arkansas, management is preparing to resume negotiations with the USW to end to the two-month lockout in Ohio.
Ontario premier feigns support for locked out Electro-Motive workers
By Keith Jones, February 2, 2012
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s intervention in the Electro-Motive lockout is a reactionary ploy. His aim is to assist the CAW in securing a concessions–filled contract and enlist the cooperation of Ontario’s unions in imposing sweeping social spending cuts.
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