Inflation
Is Trump “making America affordable again”?

Prices of staple groceries rise as people in US face egg shortage, contrary to Trump’s campaign promises to “make America affordable again”

Will Trump’s tariffs benefit US workers?

Experts say that Trump’s trade policy and constant threats against other nations will make the domestic cost of living crisis worse

Water-supply workers win wage-hike struggle in South Africa’s Mbombela city

A last minute agreement between Silulumanzi and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has averted a strike scheduled for January 23.

2024 in Review: Philippine workers fight for better wages and social protections

Workers in the Philippines faced various struggles in 2024, from inflation-driven wage demands to the fight for public health insurance.

Working people place cost of living as top concern in US elections

The economy and cost of living continues to be the top issue for the people of the US, who are struggling under astronomical housing and grocery costs

Argentine Chamber of Deputies ratifies Milei’s veto of university funding law

This affects thousands of students and university workers, who have already announced a university strike and the takeover of faculties

Milei vetoes pension increase and doubles down on repression

The brutality of Milei’s far-right government has been put on display with the heavy handed repression doled out to elderly pensioners in the country who have been protesting for an increase in their pensions

Trump makes more false promises to the working class

Former president Trump’s first speech following the attempted assassination against him was an appeal to workers from a pro-boss candidate

Milei’s unfinished promises: Argentina has the highest inflation in the world

Javier Milei’s right-wing government promised to stop inflation in Argentina, and has thus far failed

Heavy rains in southern Brazil are likely to make food prices soar

The state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s largest rice producer, is severely devastated by recent floods

Argentine trade unions warn that 60,000 state workers may lose their employment

The Association of State Workers denounced that the government may seek to reduce over 60,000 temporary contracts across the country. It would be the second wave of major layoffs since Milei took power.

How did the Filipino working class fare in 2023?

Wage deflation and jobs gap continue to plague workers and the poor, who are caught between shrinking amount of products and the shrinking value of wages