UAW mobilizes thousands more to join Stand Up Strike
Auto workers at all Stellantis and General Motors parts distribution centers are being called on to hit the picket line across the United States
The United Auto Workers are redefining what is possible for US labor
With radical demands such as a 32-hour workweek, the UAW contract campaign is bringing “class warfare” back to labor negotiations. Workers are set to vote this week on authorizing a potential strike
Communist Party of Swaziland to launch campaign for release of its member Mvuselelo Mkhabela and other political prisoners
21-year-old Mvuselelo Mkhabela, a Central Committee member of the banned Communist Party of Swaziland, who had continued organizing anti-monarchist resistance underground after escaping police custody with a bullet wound, was arrested in April and tortured again
Trade unions in Swaziland prepare for next stage of strike
Trade unions representing civil servants had to call off their strike which was held from September 23 to October 3 following a court interdict on a government plea
Swaziland public sector workers face violent repression for strike action
The striking employees have not been given a raise since 2016
Braving police fire, thousands of civil servants demonstrate in Swaziland’s capital
The demonstration came after the strike action by civil servants on September 23 and 24. To compensate for the purchasing power lost over the last three years due to rising prices, civil servants are demanding a Cost of Living Adjustment of 7.85%
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
