Trade Unions
Ireland: Water charges revolt changes political landscape
Bernie McAdam Mon, 25/05/2015 - 10:23Ireland’s continuing water charges rebellion has become a political nightmare for the Irish ruling class. Read more...
UK: Tories plan ‘100 day offensive’
Richard Brenner, Workers Power Britain, May 10. 2015 Tue, 12/05/2015 - 16:33Britain now has a government determined to force through another huge programme of cuts (£18bn to welfare alone) and dig up cornerstones of the post-1945 welfare system: public health, education, hous Read more...
Austria: Revolution in the health service?
Arbeiterinnenstandpunkt, Austria Wed, 06/05/2015 - 12:37The mood among employees of the Austrian health service has finally turned. Read more...
Brazil - which tactics towards the reformists?
Rico Rodriguez, Sao Paolo Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:17In the face of recent protests and the general political situation, the Brazilian left faces a dilemma. Read more...
Pakistan: Women workers organising to fight
Shazia Shehzad, Lahore Wed, 15/04/2015 - 07:56All over the world, it is women who are suffering most both from the aftermath of the economic crisis and from the imperialists' “War on Terror”. Read more...
USA: Half measures won't win longshore and steel workers' disputes
Marcus Otono Wed, 25/02/2015 - 12:49In the long lasting retreat of the organized labor contingent of the American working class, any signs of life are seen as major victories. Read more...
Turkey: Victory to the strike of the metal-workers!
Svenja Spunck, Gruppe Arbeitermacht Infomail 797, Feb 2, 2015 Thu, 05/02/2015 - 13:01On the morning of January 29, in Turkey 15,000 workers in the metal industry downed tools. Read more...
Down with new restrictions on the right to strike!
Martin Suchanek, Neue Internationale 194, Berlin, November 2014 Thu, 13/11/2014 - 17:47Strikes by the train drivers' union, GDL and the airline pilots' union, Cockpit, have spurred the Grand Coalition government's SPD Secretary of Labour, Andrea Nahles, to new reactionary levels. Read more...