Workers Struggles
Transit workers end strike in Philadelphia
By Alan Whyte, November 10, 2009
A six-day transit strike in Philadelphia ended Monday morning after Transport Workers Union Local 234, the bargaining agent for 5,100 drivers, operators and mechanics, reached an agreement with the So...
Opel workers in Germany protest threatened mass redundancies
By our reporters, November 7, 2009
On Wednesday, thousands of Opel workers took part in protests throughout Germany directed against the massive job cuts to be implemented following General Motors’ decision earlier this week not to s...
Australia: Qantas aircraft engineers vote for industrial action
By Terry Cook, November 7, 2009
About 190 professional engineers at Qantas voted by 98 percent to take industrial action after seven months of negotiations for a new work agreement failed to resolve issues over pay and working condi...
Fire Brigades Union capitulates to South Yorkshire management
By Simon Whelan, November 7, 2009
With just two hours to go before the next in a series of strikes by South Yorkshire firefighters, the Fire Brigade Union capitulated to management demands and called off the stoppages.
Britain: Communication Workers Union sabotages postal strike
By Chris Marsden, November 7, 2009
All strikes by Britain’s 120,000 postal workers were called off until at least the New Year, on the evening that two days of action were about to begin.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
November 7, 2009
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Workers Struggles: Europe & Africa
November 6, 2009
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Philadelphia transit worker killed as SEPTA strike enters third day
By a reporting team, November 6, 2009
A Philadelphia transit worker was struck and killed by a train Thursday morning as the strike by 5,000 SEPTA workers entered its third day. As the day ended, union officials met with Pennsylvania Gove...
The Opel-Magna fraud
A betrayal of GM employees in Europe
By Ulrich Rippert, November 5, 2009
The refusal of German and European trade unions to organise a common defense of jobs and wages has encouraged GM to impose restructuring measures in Europe along the lines of the American model.
Video: Ford workers speak on contract rejection
November 4, 2009
The WSWS spoke to workers at the Ford Dearborn Truck plant in Michigan on the rejection of contract revisions backed by the company and the UAW.
Transit workers strike in Philadelphia
By Bill Van Auken, November 4, 2009
More than 5,000 Philadelphia transit workers struck early Tuesday morning over wages and benefits. The action was denounced by Democratic officials, who invoked the economic crisis and rising unemploy...
Workers Struggles: The Americas
November 3, 2009
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