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Written by Henry Miles
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Monday, 29 March 2010 06:08 |
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MONTREAL, Québec, Mar. 27 — It was one week ago when more than 75,000 public service workers marched through downtown to protest Liberal Premier Jean Charest’s attempts to freeze wages and degrade working conditions.
Workers from across the province came to Montreal for the protest. Hospital and health care workers, and teachers, support staff and students rallied together to denounce Charest’s bullying, which is done to defend and bolster the profits of Québec’s exploiting and oppressing classes, and, ultimately, those reaped by Bay Street [Canada’s Wall Street — Ed.] as well.
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French Workers Strike against Cuts |
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Written by Charles Frederick
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Monday, 29 March 2010 06:03 |
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PARIS, France, Mar. 24 — Nearly 650,000 workers once again took to the streets to protest attempts by the conservative government of Nicolas Sarkozy to impose massive job cuts and “reform” of the retirement pension system.
This came three days after Sarkozy’s UMP party was handily beaten in local elections by the Socialists, and five days after nearly 3 million workers walked out in protest across France.
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Business Unions Back Dems Again |
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Written by UCPA
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Monday, 08 March 2010 06:03 |
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 6 — Unsurprisingly, earlier this week the top business union officials in the AFL-CIO voted to once again spend millions of dollars to get Democrats elected.
The Democrats’ loyal labor lieutenants plan to spend more than the $53 million they did in 2008 in six states they consider vulnerable to a “1994-like” surge by Republicans.
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Don’t Roll, Crimson Ride! |
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Written by Clarence Franklin
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Monday, 08 March 2010 06:05 |
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Reject the Contract! Occupy Buses and Rip Out Meters!
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Mar. 7 — As we go to press, negotiations continue between bus drivers at the University of Alabama and the subcontracting company First Transit.
Drivers for the “Crimson Ride” student shuttle service organized as Local 1208 of the Amalgamated Transit Union last May and have been without a contract since then.
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A Union of the Unemployed? |
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Written by Patrick Fish
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Monday, 01 March 2010 06:05 |
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Business Unionists ‘Organize’ Jobless to be Lobbyists
UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Feb. 27 — In an apparent show of concern for the millions of workers facing long-term unemployment in the current economic crisis, the officials of the corporatist International Association of Machinists have sponsored the formation of a new “union” for unemployed workers.
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