Workers Struggles
Germany: Verdi prepares to agree wage cut for public transport workers
By Franz Schobert and Carola Kleinert, February 21, 2012
The protest strike called by the unions was aimed primarily at blowing off steam and exhausting transport workers’ justified willingness to fight.
PSA auto workers protest threat to close Aulnay, France plant
By our reporters, February 21, 2012
Workers marched Saturday in a protest called by unions at the PSA plant in the east Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois against the planned closure of the site in 2014.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
February 21, 2012
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Australian coal miners strike over safety, wages and conditions
By Richard Phillips, February 20, 2012
The seven-day strike, the longest by BMA miners in more than a decade, is over management demands for cost-cutting trade-offs in a new enterprise agreement.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
February 18, 2012
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
February 17, 2012
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Channel 4 programme highlights crisis conditions on London Underground
By Paul Bond, February 15, 2012
Confessions from the Underground on Channel 4 made for striking viewing. Actors relayed comments and thoughts documented from workers across London Underground.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
February 14, 2012
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Union officials prepare ground for sellout of locked-out Cooper Tire workers
By James Brewer, February 14, 2012
Hundreds of Cooper Tire workers attended a local union meeting in Findlay, Ohio Saturday as the lockout of 1,050 workers entered its twelfth week.
Workers at Ontario Caterpillar plant voice outrage over lockout and closure
By Lee Parsons, February 13, 2012
A WSWS reporting team spoke with picketers outside the Caterpillar-owned Electro-Motive Diesel plant last Friday—one week after the company announced it was transforming a six-week lockout into a plant closure.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
February 11, 2012
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Germany: Lessons for workers from the defeat at Manroland
By Ulrich Rippert, February 11, 2012
The IG Metall trade union played a key role from the beginning, preparing and enforcing the “turbo-bankruptcy” of printing press manufacturer Manroland and massive job cuts, as well as preventing any serious opposition developing.
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