Australian teacher shortages worsen in public schools
Graduates are shunning teaching degrees, while registered teachers are leaving the profession in unprecedented numbers.
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Sri Lanka: Workers action committee discusses defence of school development officers
The online meeting was part of a campaign to alert workers to the government-initiated police attacks on SDOs and to rally support for their defence.
Our correspondents•
Democrats join Republicans in passing fascistic “Crucial Communism Teaching Act”
The passage of the bill reflects immense fear within the US ruling class that large sections of the population will be looking for a revolutionary alternative to the unending war, inequality, austerity and fascism offered by the capitalist system.
Jacob Crosse•
Detroit teachers face missing bonuses, inflation, and cuts: Join the fight to defend public education
The Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Committee insists that there are plenty of resources to pay educators what they need and deserve.
Statement of the Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Committee•
Chase Lawrence•
Norisa Diaz, David Benson•
Joe Raymond•
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A Western Sydney University Rank-and-File Committee member•
Unelected Canada Industrial Relations Board orders postal workers back to work from Tuesday
Postal workers must defy this anti-democratic edict, but this requires the mobilization of the broadest sections of the working class—public and private sector alike—across Canada and internationally.
Roger Jordan•
“Rank-and-file postal workers, not the corrupt union officialdom, should decide if MacKinnon’s antidemocratic back-to-work order will be respected or defied”
Canada Post workers call for working class to mobilize in opposition to Liberal government’s strike ban
The CUPW leadership has issued no call for postal workers to defy the impending, patently anti-democratic government-order illegalizing their strike. As for the Canadian Labour Congress, it hasn’t so much as bothered to issue a press release denouncing the Liberal government's strikebreaking.
Our reporters•
Mobilize the working class to defy and defeat MacKinnon’s strike ban! Stop the Liberal government-backed destruction of Canada Post and all public services!
Now more than ever, the central issue is to mobilize the social power of the entire working class. Every worker has a stake in our struggle and we must make them aware of that.
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
The Canada Post strike at the crossroads: Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee to hold public meeting on Sunday, December 8
Canada Post strikers are determined to wage a struggle. But they are being hamstrung by the disastrous policies of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canadian Labour Congress, which are forcing the workers to stand alone against the combined strength of corporate Canada and its bought-and-paid-for political representatives.
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Health Workers Rank-and File Committee•
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Transport Workers Action Committee•
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Tony Robson•
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