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São Paulo teachers are fighting not only against the local allies of the fascist ex-president Bolsonaro, but also against the unions that have isolated and betrayed their struggles.
“In my area we’re dramatically understaffed and still being encouraged to teach more and more students. There are people on zero-hours contracts or who are being hired on 18-month contracts with no guarantee of renewal.”
The death of a teacher in São Paulo after suffering a heart attack during a pedagogical meeting last week has brought to light the intense pressure and harassment inflicted by pro-corporate education programs.
The trial program, called “Archways of Opportunity,” is another step in the Labor government’s drive for the integration of universities with big business.
USPS workers must link up with other sections of the federal workforce, with auto workers, logistics workers, and other sections of the working class, and with postal workers internationally facing the same threat of privatization.
The refusal of the Verdi leadership to organize a proper strike is directly related to its support for the government and its program of war.
Our wage dispute has taken on a new significance in recent weeks. In the face of rapid political changes, the wage struggle is developing into a power struggle.
The following statement was written by a founding member of the Costco Workers Rank-and-File Committee (CWRFC) to be read at Sunday’s public meeting called by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees, “Mobilize the working class to save the US Postal Service and other federal programs!”
We are building a network of rank-and-file educators, students, parents, and workers to stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives.
