Australian university chiefs back Labor’s corporate agenda while pleading for funding relief
Universities Australia vows to work even more closely with the Albanese government as it enforces its Universities Accord regime.
Mike Head•
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As Los Angeles educators prepare strike, administrators and union officials meet for emergency talks
Workers must be warned that a sellout is in the offing. No talks under these circumstances will result in a deal favorable for workers.
Marc Wells, Tom Hall•
Reject the Australian Education Union sellout in Tasmania, unify with educators in Victoria, form rank-and file committees!
By calling off its work bans the AEU is signalling its willingness to force the state government’s offer through, further cutting real wages and doing nothing to address staff shortages and intolerable workloads.
Committee for Public Education•
Teamsters announce last‑minute agreement for 17,000 First Student school bus drivers
Teamsters hailed First Student’s new contract as a “national foundation,” but drivers demand details on real gains for hours, pay, and pensions.
Jane Wise•
Tom Peters•
Marc Wells•
Mike Head•
Judith Lomax, Tania Kent•
A Western Sydney University Rank-and-File Committee member•
Reject the Australian Education Union sellout in Tasmania, unify with educators in Victoria, form rank-and file committees!
By calling off its work bans the AEU is signalling its willingness to force the state government’s offer through, further cutting real wages and doing nothing to address staff shortages and intolerable workloads.
Committee for Public Education•
Colorado healthcare workers issue statement supporting striking JBS meatpackers
“The same economic pressures that lead to dangerous line speeds, inadequate safety protections, and a lack of proper PPE and equipment in the past are mirrored in our own workplaces through chronic understaffing and cuts to essential services.”
Greeley Health Care Workers•
More Canadian workers support Will Lehman’s campaign for UAW presidency
The WSWS continues to receive statements of support from workers across Canada for Will Lehman’s campaign for the presidency of the UAW in the United States. Lehman is running as a socialist on a program to abolish the union bureaucracy and place power back in the hands of workers on the shop floor.
Our reporters•
Australian educators call for opposition to the war on Iran
The meeting called on educators, students and workers to move similar resolutions denouncing the US-Israeli assault on Iran and the Albanese Labor government’s participation in it.
Our correspondents•
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Our correspondent•
Ford Rouge Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
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