Tennessee’s “Victims of Communism Day” part of campaign against socialism in US schools
Tennessee’s mandated anti-communist lessons are part of a bipartisan campaign to block the movement of young people toward socialism.
Jane Wise•
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Australia: NSW Teachers Federation launches phoney “release time” campaign before state election
With a NSW election due by March, the “two hours” campaign is the latest effort to divert the anger of teachers, particularly over oppressive workloads, staffing shortages and falling real wages, into claims that the state Labor government can be convinced to change course.
Erika Zimmer•
Costa Rica: Thousands of teachers join national strike as fascistic president declares it illegal
Thousands of teachers struck and marched in San José on Wednesday against cuts to public education. President Laura Fernández called them “vagabonds” and is moving to have the strike declared illegal under a law passed by her supposed opponents.
Andrea Lobo•
Columbia University postdocs narrowly ratify contract with cuts in real wages
The UAW dropped key housing, immigration and job-security demands in its final contract for Columbia’s postdocs.
Elliott Murtagh•
Mike Ingram, Tom Hall•
Jordan Shilton•
our reporters•
A WSU Rank-and-File Committee member•
Alejandro López•
Bradford White workers: Reject the company-UAW “final offer!” Take the conduct of the strike into our own hands!
After failing to ram through a pro-company contract on October 23, the United Auto Workers bureaucracy is forcing workers to revote on the company’s “last, best and final” this weekend.
Bradford White Rank-and-File Committee•
USPS workers say: No private armed guards in our postal facilities!
Nearly 1,000 armed private security guards are being rushed into USPS plants in the final weeks before the midterm elections—into the very facilities that will process millions of mail-in ballots, and months before the deepest cuts in USPS history.
USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Aviation workers vote to establish rank-and-file committee, launch independent workers’ inquiry into death of Montreal Airport ramp worker Oscar Robayo
Robayo, a 39-year-old employee of the French-based multinational Samsic, was crushed to death by the nose gear of an Airbus A350 at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport on August 24.
Our reporter•
Pennsylvania USPS workers form rank-and-file committee: “We call for a struggle that unifies all postal workers”
The postal service—a product of the American Revolution—has been systematically bled over decades by both Democratic and Republican parties. We have been forced to operate like a profit-making company despite the clear intention by the Founding Fathers to have the mail system as a universal right to all in the name of having an informed society able to fight back against tyranny.
Southern Pennsylvania Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
St. Paul Processing and Distribution Center Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
The Railroad Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Pierre Lajeunesse•
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