These statements from workers opened the webinar “How to end the pandemic”, held on October 24, 2021 and hosted by the World Socialist Web Site and the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
Haitian police repress demonstration in Port Au Prince; Panamanians strike against Social Security ‘reform’; Wisconsin Cummins workers on strike against use of temporary workers, mandatory overtime.
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Haiti’s unelected prime minister ousted amid surging gang and state violence, increasing social misery
Haiti’s interim prime minister was ousted last week by the Transitional Council—the government “oversight mechanism” that the US, Canada and various factions of the country’s bourgeois elite put together earlier this year to provide a fig leaf of “popular” legitimacy for the latest imperialist-sponsored military intervention in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.
Félix Gauthier•
Workers Struggles: The Americas
On October 16, 37,000 workers at ten UC campuses, five medical centers and other facilities staged protests ahead of the looming expiration of their contract.
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As Trump threatens to revoke legal status of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, residents continue to rally in support
Trump has threatened to remove the legal status of some 20,000 Haitians in Springfield, Ohio as residents continue to show support to the embattled immigrant community.
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Matthew Taylor•
Roger Jordan, Keith Jones•
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Kipchumba Ochieng•