Transport workers in Peru鈥檚 Lima and Callao region went on strike on October 10鈥11 to demand that the government act against the worsening violence and extortion that workers face at the hands of organised crime groups, reports Ben Radford.
Workers & unions
United States singer-songwriter George Mann 鈥 a former union organiser and activist based in New York 鈥 is touring Australia, reports Kerry Smith.
The Environmental Defenders Office and Lock the Gate Alliance said Glencore and Yancoal鈥檚 decision to withdraw one of two open-cut coal mine expansions in the Hunter Valley is good news, but not the end of the matter. Kerry Smith reports.
Thousands of small farmers, landless peasants and agricultural workerscame from across Pakistan on October 6 to demand a minimum support price for their produce and an end to corporate farming and land grabs, reports Susan Price.
While so many struggle to meet rising household bills, Labor refuses to take action to stop the supermarket duopoly from price gouging. Josh Adams reports.
Staff and students at Monash University rallied on October 7 to demand secure jobs, smaller class sizes and genuine consultation. Brenna Dempsey 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
Port workers on the United States鈥 Eastern and Gulf coasts took three days of strike action on October 1 and won an average wage rise from $39 an hour to nearly $63 an hour over six years, reports Malik Miah.
Union bodies, leaders and rank-and-file Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members are pushing back against Labor鈥檚 unprecedented draconian anti-CFMEU law. Pip Hinman reports.
Support for Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein and Vice Presidential candidate Butch Ware is the highest since the party鈥檚 candidate Ralph Nader ran for president of the United States in 2000, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.
The COVID-19聽pandemic was an accelerant for money-pinching administrative bureaucrats to experiment with eliminating student-teacher classes. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Independent Peter Chen edged out Rank-and-File Action candidate David Brophy by six votes for president of the National Tertiary Education Union University of Sydney Branch.聽Valerie Chidiac 补苍诲听Sandra Kallarakkal report.
Monash University management has raised the price of parking, arguing it will encourage staff and students to travel more 鈥渟ustainably鈥. Brenna Dempsey argues it will affect those less well off, who have to drive.
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