Chris Marsden

United States, Russia announce Black Sea ceasefire

The deal is already under question, as the European Union made clear on Thursday that it will not honor terms that the Kremlin insists must be implemented for the arrangement to go forward.

Andrea Peters

Trump tariffs send global auto industry reeling

The US auto giants are the most affected but every auto company in the world is impacted with major adverse consequences for American workers whom Trump, with the support of the trade union bureaucracy, falsely claims to be defending.

Nick Beams

16,000 local transit workers hold protest strikes in Berlin

Verdi union enters arbitration, blocking all-out strike at Berlin transit operator BVG

Some 16,000 workers at public transit operator BVG took limited strike action March 26-28 in support of their demand for a wage increase of €750 per month, while the Verdi union was entering closed-door arbitration with the employers, blocking any further strikes, despite mass support for all-out action.

Carola Kleinert

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

South Korea: Hyundai Steel workers strike again over wages; Philippines: Jeepney drivers hold three-day national strike; Pakistan: Punjab health workers protest privatisation; Australia: Healthscope nurses continue rolling stoppages; New Zealand medical lab workers strike