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The New York transit strike: A new stage in the class struggle The World Socialist Web Site and Socialist Equality Party salute the 34,000 transit workers of New York City, whose courage in the face of draconian threats has provided an inspiring example of determination and solidarity to the working class throughout the United States and, indeed, internationally. The strike by transit workers is an event of international significance. Defying massive fines and even the threat of jail, the strike represents a direct challenge to a super-rich Wall Street e...
Posted: Wed, Dec 21, 2005 7:24am PST
Labor Heritage/Rockin' Solidarity Chorus class at Laney College The Labor Heritage/Rockin' Solidarity Chorus will be starting its seventh year at City College of San Francisco and Laney College in Oakland....
Posted: Tue, Dec 20, 2005 11:14pm PST
Another Opportunity To Halt The Employers’ Offensive Arises New York Transit workers take a step in the right direction but must broaden their demands and link with wider sections of the working class....
Posted: Tue, Dec 20, 2005 7:07pm PST
‘Workers’ rights are human rights’: Week of action spotlights labor’s right to organize CHICAGO — “Today I am proud to join workers, community and religious leaders in an urgent call for stronger U.S. and international laws that protect workers’ rights on the job,” Illinois AFL-CIO President Margaret Blackshere told a Dec. 8 rally at the city’s historic Haymarket Square. More than 175 union members, activists, religious leaders and community supporters braved a snowstorm to join the observance of International Human Rights Week, Dec. 3-10....
Posted: Tue, Dec 20, 2005 6:23pm PST
NY strike union fined $1m a day A judge has imposed a $1m (£570,000) per day fine on New York's main transport union for a strike that has brought city transport to a standstill....
Posted: Tue, Dec 20, 2005 6:04pm PST
Germany: Sacked Opel worker appeals to Industrial Court More than a year after the one-week strike by Opel workers at the Bochum factory against massive job cuts and plans by Opel’s parent company, General Motors, to close plants, a fresh appeal has been lodged in the state Industrial Court in the city of Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, against the subsequent sacking of a worker....
Posted: Tue, Dec 20, 2005 7:05am PST
New York City transit workers defy threats and strike New York City’s 34,000 bus and subway workers, defying threats of fines and imprisonment, walked off the job at 3:00 a.m. Tuesday morning after their union, Transport Workers Union Local 100, rejected the demands of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for sweeping concessions on pensions, health care and working conditions....
Posted: Tue, Dec 20, 2005 7:04am PST
Workers Take Over Factory, Government Complicit in not Upholding Basic Labor Rights In El Salvador it is common labor practice to lay off workers right before end of year bonuses should be paid out, especially in maquiladoras. In maquilas, it is also common practice to take machinery out in the middle of the night and make the maquila “disappear,” so that workers are not given severance pay or other benefits required by law, all while the Salvadoran government turns a blind eye. This year is no exception. The non-payment of end of year bonuses and the evasion of severance pa...
Posted: Mon, Dec 19, 2005 7:42pm PST
New York City transit workers on brink of class confrontation New York City transit workers are on the brink of a historic confrontation in which every section of the working class has the most vital interest....
Posted: Mon, Dec 19, 2005 6:57am PST
Green Party Window Dressing Undermines Working Class Power Todd Chrétien is a great activist and has offered much in leading the ISO in their anti-war movement and various solidarity and educational efforts. His foray into Green Party politics is a step backwards....
Posted: Sun, Dec 18, 2005 9:49pm PST
The political issues confronting New York City transit workers The confrontation between New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the city’s 38,000 bus and subway workers poses in the sharpest manner critical political questions facing transit workers and working people generally in New York and throughout the US....
Posted: Fri, Dec 16, 2005 7:11am PST
Restaurant Workers Claim Victory Against Abusive Manager Restaurant workers at Steak Escape in the downtown San Francisco mall united and worked with Young Workers United to force an abusive manager to quit....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 6:24pm PST
Great news from the Socowa union in Haiti! Two years of hard struggle by organized workers, supported by Batay Ouvriye, have yielded impressive results, showing once again that it is only by organizing themselves, rather than relying on governments, that working people can make real advances....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 7:40am PST
12/22 SF Forum On Labor In Haiti And Role Of AFL-CIO Solidarity Center Labor researcher Jeb Sprague will speak about the role of the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center in Haiti
and how his research on this issue has led to retaliation against him at California State
University at Long Beach...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 12:38pm PST
Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, Jan. 13-15, 2006 The Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements, will be held January 13-15, 2006.
The weekend of solidarity in an era of war, racism, and hard times features music, drama, visual arts, spoken word, poetry, photography and more....
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 9:43am PST
Photos From The Berkeley Honda Picket Lines 
Workers at Berkeley Honda are still on strike since the owners refuse to negotiate in good faith. Rallies are held every week on Thursdays from 4:30-6:00 and on Saturdays from 1:00-2:30....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 6:11pm PST
Auto union’s complaint: Delphi exec bonuses make it tough to sell wage cuts In a legal submission filed last month, lawyers for the United Auto Workers union (UAW) complained that Delphi Corporation’s plans to reward top executives with huge bonuses cut across the union’s efforts to help impose draconian wage and benefit cuts demanded by the bankrupt auto parts supplier....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 12:26am PST
Transit dispute exposes New York City’s class divide As a December 16 contract deadline nears, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the administration of billionaire Republican Mayor Michael Blooomberg—backed by the major media—have launched an all-out campaign aimed at intimidating New York City’s nearly 34,000 bus and subway workers. Fines and even jailings are threatened if these workers dare to walk off their jobs against management’s demands for wholesale givebacks....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 12:25am PST
"Dream What We Can Become & Rejoice" UC Berkeley 
Multimedia exhibit — photos, music, videos, DVDs, smellavision — from the carkness of worker oppression to the light of hopeful organizing....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 6:33am PST
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