https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/site_area/workershttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/vahi-j10.htmlBehind the talk of “enrollment decline” stands a conscious ruling class drive to gut public schools and hand education over to private profit.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:28:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/305e374b-a853-47e1-9502-7a99fe9264dN/vahi-j10.html2026-06-10T02:28:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/10/zbpu-j10.htmlUAW officials at GM's Flint Assembly plant are allowing the company to truck in axles from the strikebound American Axle plant (Dauch Corp.) in Three Rivers, Michigan.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:28:35 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5b69eb78-6155-40fd-ab28-1057114de29L/zbpu-j10.html2026-06-10T02:28:35Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/sjpc-j09.htmlA nationwide strike by Mexican teachers continues, while an eight-week strike by thousands of Nova Scotia care home workers has been suspended by the union ahead of a contract vote.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:46:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5b89eabd-ba3b-433d-893b-6789627e104I/sjpc-j09.html2026-06-09T04:46:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/axkr-j09.htmlAt an AEU meeting, officials declared out of order a resolution opposing their agreement with the state Labor government.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:42:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c20e4230-eb88-448d-ac58-0c19b9fd200M/axkr-j09.html2026-06-09T04:42:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/ieys-j09.htmlThe DFT invited the school superintendent to the union meeting in order to stump for a millage vote, endorsing Proposal S, which will fall on Detroit renters to pay.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:40:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/df4a4f9a-f1bb-4d95-9a83-50ed4684b85H/ieys-j09.html2026-06-09T03:40:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/wwoe-j09.htmlThe workers were massacred in Calabria by gangmasters in a system of hyper-exploitation whose conditions were created by Italy’s government and “opposition.”Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:23:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b03caf7d-7d61-4283-bd21-45eb10dbbc5B/wwoe-j09.html2026-06-09T01:23:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/wofo-j09.htmlCarney has his eye on a far-reaching re-write of labour laws that will deeply erode what remains of federally regulated workers’ right to strike and their precarious ability to bargain independently of government interference.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:11:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9486dfd8-d544-41c5-8213-bedc18bc73aH/wofo-j09.html2026-06-09T01:11:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/kmdj-j08.htmlAn ongoing inquiry by the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee has documented the absence of written safety protocols, the lack of defibrillators and medical personnel, blocked cell phone signals and dangerous emergency-response failures at the Palmetto Regional Processing and Distribution Center.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:44:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8db913a9-598d-47a5-bc25-e7e2b2a40c6C/kmdj-j08.html2026-06-08T23:44:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/taex-j08.htmlThe lockout was reinforced by a major police presence, with photographs shared by workers showing a fleet of police vehicles stationed around the site.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:59:19 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ff916710-3f10-4ef9-92d3-50ad686b8afB/taex-j08.html2026-06-08T18:59:19Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/bgfo-j08.htmlFour workers have died at the Palmetto Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Georgia in the past two years. The most recent, Demarcus Little, told a supervisor he felt unwell last week, collapsed, and died.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:09:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0bea5b84-7eec-4115-9e46-6818651e5adP/bgfo-j08.html2026-06-08T04:09:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/zrzz-j08.htmlNexteer workers who have voted down three UAW-backed contracts are fighting to join American Axle workers in a common strike.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:54:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a891ad95-0a7d-4b58-9941-70b23038480F/zrzz-j08.html2026-06-08T03:54:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/nelt-j08.htmlIn April 2026, Stellantis announced elimination of 650 of the remaining 1,650 jobs at the Rüsselsheim, Germany development center, without hiring replacements, in open violation of an ongoing “Future Collective Bargaining Agreement.”Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:24:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bd45d797-c1b9-4f37-a3ed-e9370c2e562A/nelt-j08.html2026-06-08T02:24:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/loxu-j08.htmlA 23-year-old labourer’s arm was ripped off by a drilling machine at the Cadia East mine near Orange, New South Wales. Almost three years later, the company was fined just $750,000.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:39:49 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b232ffc7-3526-422d-9f35-f97299f7dcaF/loxu-j08.html2026-06-08T01:39:49Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/07/kzro-j07.htmlAnn Arbor Public Schools teachers have now gone nearly six months without a contract following their near-unanimous rejection of a tentative agreement.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:36:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/afacb2c2-2d0b-46be-8f3f-968ca6c272fI/kzro-j07.html2026-06-07T23:36:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/bghi-j06.htmlThe UAW bureaucracy is seeking to impose a fourth sellout tentative agreement after autoworkers at the Saginaw steering plant rejected the first three and voted by 86 percent to authorize a strike.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:01:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b3bc08b6-68a8-46f8-b016-85c52153c18C/bghi-j06.html2026-06-06T05:01:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/zcwy-j06.htmlNurses at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital have filed for a union election with the SEIU amid management intimidation, but the fight for safe staffing and patient care requires rank-and-file organization independent of a union whose history is one of isolating and betraying workers.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:55:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9c255960-bb1b-4e19-bff1-5e135ff3e36C/zcwy-j06.html2026-06-06T04:55:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/hcuw-j06.htmlThese struggles are two parts of a growing confrontation between the New York working class and the financial oligarchy that dominates the city.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:54:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/da87ee7e-02ce-454e-bcce-86dae113d53K/hcuw-j06.html2026-06-06T04:54:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/dkwc-j06.htmlLittle was the father of a 21-year-old son, Demarcus Jr., and a four-year-old daughter, Lauren. Those who knew him described him as kind, considerate and an all-around great guy.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:53:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/79f6be0c-5d8f-4739-b89a-d3d4adce77eL/dkwc-j06.html2026-06-06T04:53:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/eorr-j06.htmlThe Committee for Public Education urges educators and workers to join the meeting to discuss how to develop the fight against the sellout deal between the Australian Education Union and the Victorian state Labor government, and the underlying austerity and war agenda of the federal Labor government.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:33:54 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/843c7ebb-eca1-4c59-9a20-9d1673d6829M/eorr-j06.html2026-06-06T03:33:54Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/qusc-j06.htmlThe Fair Work Commission admitted that the meagre 4.75 percent increase to award wages would not “be sufficient to close the real wage gap entirely.”Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:31:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3541c49b-6055-44e9-b4e1-d6b002f34bfL/qusc-j06.html2026-06-06T03:31:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/osxk-j06.htmlSouth Korea: Kakao platform workers to strike over wages and bonuses; India: Maharashtra women workers rally in Mumbai to demand government status; Punjab state-operated service centre employees still on strike; Australia: 400 INPEX LNG production workers walk out in NT for higher pay; Adelaide nurses and midwives strike for better wages.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:19:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ce3a080e-3ad7-476a-9b5c-6a055d81b84O/osxk-j06.html2026-06-06T00:19:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/oqgo-j05.htmlAfter reluctantly calling a second statewide stoppage in November to head off teachers’ discontent, the QTU leadership shut down further industrial action and effectively joined hands with the state government to refer the dispute to compulsory arbitration.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:29:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/01297f56-eaeb-457c-98f6-4ff2be12e14B/oqgo-j05.html2026-06-05T04:29:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/vopq-j05.htmlWorkers at Bridgewaters Interiors in Warren, Michigan, have voted to reject a tentative agreement while thousands of Dana auto parts workers are being kept in the dark ahead of imminent contract ratification votes.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:12:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5f8b327b-45a1-438f-aa2d-b3fde1d0768C/vopq-j05.html2026-06-05T04:12:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/llkq-j05.htmlLike previous TAs, the latest proposal does not include any protection against layoffs, under conditions in which as many as 300 to 400 workers face job elimination over the next years through automation and consolidation.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:07:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/533c6d52-2af7-4825-a96d-d3d22f85f4fO/llkq-j05.html2026-06-05T04:07:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/eflk-j05.htmlOne thousand American Axle workers continue their walkout which began on Monday against the key auto supplier and are reporting efforts by the company to move product across their picket lines while provocations against pickets have been reportedly instigated by company security guards.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:01:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a7986e73-f16e-467d-ac93-eaa1ed82f39K/eflk-j05.html2026-06-05T04:01:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/oiod-j05.htmlGeneral strike in Portugal over pay, conditions and labour reform; thousands of teachers in Valencia, Spain continue indefinite strike over staff shortages, pay and conditions; indefinite stoppage by Nigerian oil workers at regulatory commission over wages and benefitsFri, 05 Jun 2026 03:40:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/784e1c4c-0b43-4d16-9ee2-3dc912b51d9I/oiod-j05.html2026-06-05T03:40:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/rzkf-j05.htmlWorkers launched their struggle spontaneously, while the Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers Union (CMU) has taken no action to defend hundreds of jobs. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:52:26 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e78ba350-5c5b-4890-b212-dca7790c358F/rzkf-j05.html2026-06-05T01:52:26Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/zfwq-j04.htmlRank-and-file workers have already denounced the deal as the same contract they have already rejected three times.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:35:06 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f002a23f-f32a-4e39-8076-37c24ab0ed1N/zfwq-j04.html2026-06-04T03:35:06Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/xwnv-j04.htmlAfter years of mounting anger over worsening conditions and real pay cuts, and a 98 percent vote for industrial action, many educators view the agreement as another betrayal.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:17:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/50a54777-e11f-48c7-9ce6-bd9378da06fN/xwnv-j04.html2026-06-04T03:17:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/yoot-j04.htmlAlmost two months on, hundreds of workers remain in jail on trumped-up charges of violence and disorderly conduct, while labour activists whom the authorities claim instigated the protests are being held without charge under the draconian National Security Act.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:40:57 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e07d0cf3-ee3b-489e-990f-e8683040c6cO/yoot-j04.html2026-06-04T01:40:57Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/yrut-j04.htmlStaff at over 50 hospitals across Germany recently protested against the government's planned cuts in the healthcare and nursing sectors, which threaten wages, working conditions and the existence of many hospitals.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:56:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/73ea0668-1a87-4ef1-8427-f846949994eJ/yrut-j04.html2026-06-04T00:56:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/vmdv-j03.htmlThat First South Yorkshire was ultimately forced to retreat from its insistence that the 7 percent offer was "final" was due to the determination and unity of the drivers.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:22:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bb37ae60-42e5-442c-a42d-78c47938c95N/vmdv-j03.html2026-06-03T17:22:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/wprl-j03.htmlTransport for London’s had not budged on its plans. Talks between management and the RMT union have revolved around the definition of what constitutes a “voluntary” implementation aimed at demobilising opposition.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:22:04 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3fa59d99-8c2e-4867-bbae-449b12b1672K/wprl-j03.html2026-06-03T17:22:04Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/zame-j03.htmlWhile the cause of the accident still remains unknown, officials said 11 rail cars carrying finished vehicles derailed along a major rail corridor that cuts through a busy industrial and commuter section of northwest Houston.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:56:47 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2b33bc67-3d85-49f0-a1a7-a8e3cef3302H/zame-j03.html2026-06-03T04:56:47Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/rmwq-j03.htmlThe strike was shut down this week by the United Auto Workers because it raised deeper political and class questions which the bureaucracy works to suppress.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:21:56 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4f662b89-93d2-4367-bed7-ea624e01acbA/rmwq-j03.html2026-06-03T04:21:56Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/iayy-j03.htmlWith a career spanning 47 years, Mary Jo Marinelli offers a candid look at the steady decline of the American healthcare system.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:14:17 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4323d472-cff8-4d7a-b885-a4a5c951eb5D/iayy-j03.html2026-06-03T04:14:17Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/zplj-j03.htmlCommuters in the city's poorest neighborhoods, already stretched by soaring costs of living, are now facing roving MTA inspection teams in place of the free rides their mayor promised them.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:43:17 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8a711eeb-d23c-48a7-8534-60215f9c3ffO/zplj-j03.html2026-06-03T03:43:17Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/03/odeq-j03.htmlIn a naked attempt to intimidate the 1,700 Nexteer workers who have defiantly rejected three UAW-backed deals, the union apparatus could hold the next vote in the plant under the supervision of management. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:37:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3ad6fbe5-44c8-42a2-9596-dd2a8fd0ef5C/odeq-j03.html2026-06-03T02:37:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/iqtx-j02.htmlThe Nexteer Workers Rank-and-File Committee calls for the development of a movement of the rank-and-file to take control of their struggle and connect it with American Axle and other auto workers.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:54:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/42c2d8ca-f4bc-4cc0-9811-2314a8620e2G/iqtx-j02.html2026-06-02T16:54:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/hdbx-j02.htmlAbout 4,500 public service workers across the province of Ontario are entering their second week on strike, while journalists at four McClatchey-owned newspapers are pressing wage demands and restrictions on AITue, 02 Jun 2026 05:15:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3b875928-ad1b-4fb4-b9e3-6055cd031ecB/hdbx-j02.html2026-06-02T05:15:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/tran-j02.htmlAround 40,000 subway and bus workers in New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority remain on the job more than two weeks after their collective bargaining agreement expired. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:57:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9bffb4cd-9332-445e-9221-e52a58072c2M/tran-j02.html2026-06-02T03:57:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/hwfb-j02.htmlThe walkout by members of UAW Local 2093 is part of a growing revolt among auto parts workers, who are fighting to overturn decades of UAW-backed concessions.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:15:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c6618107-561d-4512-91e3-b53fba2d964P/hwfb-j02.html2026-06-02T03:15:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/ditx-j01.htmlThe strike, backed by a 98 percent authorization vote, opens a new front in a wave of rebellion throughout the auto parts industry, alongside ongoing contract battles by 1,300 workers at Nexteer Automotive in Saginaw and thousands more at Dana, Magna International and Bridgewater Interiors.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:56:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b02ebaec-3632-4578-8eef-4b833b06788E/ditx-j01.html2026-06-01T19:56:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/pnef-j01.htmlEmployers' association Gesamtmetall is threatening the loss of 300,000 jobs in the metal and electrical industry. The consequences of the Iran war are being passed on to the working class through mass layoffs and social cuts.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:23:34 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d3a27f3d-bfef-4bca-b6d8-3325f4aed4eL/pnef-j01.html2026-06-01T19:23:34Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/asjk-j01.htmlCWU leaders Ward and Walsh have not been in a dispute with the company, but with their own members.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:12:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f44cd394-6e5d-4ebc-acd8-e553ad50057D/asjk-j01.html2026-06-01T17:12:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/rdsq-j01.htmlWSWS reporters spoke to members of the SI-Cobas rank-and-file union, which mainly organizes logistics workers, at a demonstration in Rome.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:11:47 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c8f5292c-e5d3-4639-8caf-8ab6671eda5P/rdsq-j01.html2026-06-01T17:11:47Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/hzoc-j01.htmlTogether they expose a single reality: The mining companies, the federal and state regulators and the union apparatus are all part of the same machinery that treats miners' lives as a cost of production.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:02:11 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fea5a082-5bd4-4e92-8755-37f6656c458P/hzoc-j01.html2026-06-01T05:02:11Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/tinx-j01.htmlA predawn fire at Penn Station, injuring five workers, is the second major rail disruption in two weeks and a result of the systematic neglect of public infrastructure in the shadow of Wall Street.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:01:43 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c5efeffe-0f19-48e1-a6e6-28e2ec4f6ecN/tinx-j01.html2026-06-01T05:01:43Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/rrnx-j01.html“If members can’t ask questions or raise concerns without being censored, what sort of democracy is that? The union clearly works for the government not for us.”Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:08:49 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7ce8b025-f20f-4935-beef-66a1ced14deF/rrnx-j01.html2026-06-01T03:08:49Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/30/wkrn-m30.htmlOn Friday morning, for the third time in less than two months, 1,300 workers at the auto parts plant voted down a pro-company tentative agreement brought forward by the United Auto Workers apparatus.Sat, 30 May 2026 04:03:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8be1a5d4-ed46-4895-81e5-5a133401094B/wkrn-m30.html2026-05-30T04:03:00Z