Stand with Dockworkers Union vice-president fired for organizing a blockade against arms deliveries to and from Israel! Louise Strömbäck and Jonas Brännberg, The Dockworkers’ Union’s vice president Erik Helgeson has been fired from his job at Gothenburg Roro Terminals (GRT), after he was involved in organizing a blockade in February against arms deliveries to and […]
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Keep Mobilizing For A Strong Contract! After three days on strike, the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced it was offering 45,000 International Longshoremen of America (ILA) dockworkers 62% raises over six years after their historic strike that shut down 36 ports along the East coast. Though shy of the union’s demand of 80% raises, […]
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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has kicked off a strike which will see a massive disruption of the shipping industry and freight across the country. The union, with 47,000 members, saw its contracts expire for the East Coast and the Gulf Coast today, signaling the start of the strike. Major ports are shut down, at […]
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Update, November 14: Boeing workers on strike for over six weeks have accepted new contract with a pay rise of 38 percent over four years. However, they did not win the restoration of their former pensions.Many workers were unhappy with the proposed contract and only 59 percent voted to accept it. 33,000 Boeing workers organized […]
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Socialist Alternative #30 This is a bumper 20-page issue! Contents include: Subscribe to Socialist Alternative! You can now subscribe to Socialist Alternative’s magazine for a modest $2 a month or $24 a year and receive each printed issue delivered to your mailbox. With an additional donation, you can become a sustainer of our magazine and […]
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Matt Hirst is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales and Scotland). Last night, after planned far right riots had been circulating on social media, tens of thousands of anti-racists in England and the north of Ireland came out to oppose them. The mood was determined but positive, with a clear stance taken by all […]
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… and more from Canada and abroad! Subscribe to Socialist Alternative! You can now subscribe to Socialist Alternative’s magazine for a modest $2 a month or $24 a year and receive each printed issue delivered to your mailbox. With an additional donation, you can become a sustainer of our magazine and build the forces we […]
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Have you heard about the record-high level of workers’ actions in 2023? Has it been all over the news and social media? No. Big business does not want workers to know that “When You Strike, You Can Win!” Strikes in Canada hit the highest level in 2023 since 1986! The bosses lost 6,631,724 days of […]
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Philip Chmel is a member of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). On 19 April, tens of thousands of young and oppressed as well as working class people more broadly will once again hit the streets for the next global climate strike with actions expected on all continents. The slogans of this climate strike “#ClimateJusticeNow” and […]
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International Pressure Helped Bring Them to the Table In a dramatic breakthrough on February 27, the multi-billion dollar Starbucks corporation agreed to national negotiations with its employees’ union Starbucks Workers United after more than two years of stalling. Union sources have reported that bargaining will start on April 24, probably in Chicago. National negotiations, as […]
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