Striking ski patrol workers. [Photo: Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA)] An important struggle is being waged by workers at the Park City Mountain Resort, 30 miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah, that highlights the staggering inequality in America. Two hundred and four ski patrol workers, who provide …
Read More »Strikes at Amazon and Starbucks in the US called off without any concessions from management
Starbuck workers picket outside of a closed Starbucks on Friday, December 20, 2024, in Burbank, California. [AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes] Thousands of Amazon and Starbucks workers returned to work this week after launching nationwide strikes. Thousands of Amazon drivers ended their week-long strike on Thursday, while an estimated 5,000 Starbucks workers …
Read More »“The potential in the situation must be acted upon consciously by the cadre, in a deeper turn into the working class”
We are publishing the speech given by SEP National Committee member Tony Robson at the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (UK) on the work of the IWA-RFC in the UK. We are publishing the speech given by SEP National Committee member Tony Robson at the Seventh National Congress of …
Read More »Canada Post workers denounce union complicity in enforcing Liberal government’s strike ban
Since the imposition of the Liberal government’s anti-democratic strike ban last Tuesday, postal workers have been writing to the World Socialist Web Site to denounce the complicity of the Canadian Union of Postal workers (CUPW) in smothering their struggle. Canada Post workers on a picket line in Windsor, Ontario After …
Read More »Canada-bound mail grounded by postal strike – The Royal Gazette
Updated: Nov 29, 2024 02:47 PM Mail service to Canada has been temporarily halted because of an ongoing strike (File photograph) Outbound mail to Canada has been suspended as industrial action among Canadian postal staff continues. More than 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers downed tools on …
Read More »“Why are we even talking about a contract when it is never followed by the corporation?”: Canada Post strikers speak out from the picket line
Are you a striking Canada Post worker? Get in touch with the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee to let us know what issues you’re fighting for and what you think the way forward is in your struggle. Email canadapostworkersrfc@gmail.com or fill out the form at the end of this article. Some …
Read More »“The urgent need to develop rank-and-file committees in every workplace and across national boundaries has never been clearer”
The following remarks were delivered at a Zoom meeting of Royal Mail workers on Sunday as a message of solidarity from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee at Canada Post. The meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) was held to discuss a fightback against the collusion of the Communication …
Read More »Consultant psychiatrist speaks on UK’s joint junior-senior doctors strike
Tens of thousands of junior doctors and consultants took strike action in Britain this week. Both groups are represented by the British Medical Association (BMA), who walked alongside junior doctors in the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association. The consultants, senior doctors, walked out on Tuesday and Wednesday and the junior …
Read More »Reinstate all victimised reps and postal workers! End the CWU-Lord Falconer conspiracy at Royal Mail!
Do you have information about workplace victimisations? Are you a sacked or suspended worker or rep? Get in touch and join the campaign using the form below. Your anonymity will be protected. A mass campaign must be launched mobilising Royal Mail’s entire workforce for the reinstatement of all colleagues victimised, …
Read More »How the “friends” of Royal Mail workers helped the CWU inflict defeat – Part 2
Part one of this article was published August 11 The Socialist Workers Party are expert at providing tame “left-wing” criticisms of the labour and trade union bureaucracy, while serving to politically block any independent movement of the working class. The SWP’s long-established theory of the trade unions is one that …
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