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Australian Education Union divides teachers to prepare sellout in Victoria'build rank-and-file committees
16+ hour, 8+ min ago (951+ words) The powerful statewide strike by more than 40, 000 Victorian public school teachers, education support staff and principals on March 24 marked a significant turning point. It was the first such action in 13 years. It expressed a long-suppressed anger over plunging real wages,…...
Iran war hits Australian economy
15+ hour, 49+ min ago (1206+ words) As the Albanese Labor government accelerates its attack on health, in the opening shot of what is a war on all social services, with massive cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme of $35 billion, the Australian economy is being hard…...
Meta and Microsoft announce mass layoffs, as AI jobs massacre continues
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (735+ words) On Thursday, Facebook parent company Meta announced it will cut roughly 8, 000 jobs, while Microsoft announced it is offering buyouts to about 7 percent of its US staff, or approximately 8, 750 jobs. Together the announcements pushed 2026 totals in the tech sector to more…...
UNDP report exposes vulnerability of South Asia's economies to US war against Iran
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (891+ words) The US-led imperialist war against Iran is intensifying the economic crisis across the world, with South Asian countries among the worst hit as confirmed by a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report. Washington's indiscriminate bombing of multiple sites inside Iran…...
Little Lake City teachers continue strike, while UTLA claims LA teachers ratified new contract
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (615+ words) Around 200 teachers in the Little Lake City School District (LLCSD) have been on strike since April 16. The district serves students in Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk and Downey in Los Angeles County. The vast majority of students come from low-income and…...
Workers Struggles: The Americas
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (838+ words) The peasant march began as a protest, against Law 1720, which allows for the dissolution of peasant-owned small farms and their consolidation and takeover by agribusiness. The demonstrators are also campaigning against legislation that allows for the repression of protests that…...
Pacific Island economies hit hard by war on Iran
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (791+ words) The US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran is having a devastating impact on the global economy, threatening to plunge billions of people into deep poverty and hunger. Among the worst-affected regions is the Pacific, where impoverished and isolated island states…...
Hegseth says Iran blockade "going global," as US announces new sanctions on Chinese shipping
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (426+ words) The United States is expanding its naval blockade of Iran into a global operation against shipping in any ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday. Hours earlier the Treasury Department sanctioned a major Chinese oil refinery and 40 shipping companies for…...
Union leaders meet with Lula amid strike wave in Brazil
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (596+ words) At the April 15 meeting, Lula greeted the union bureaucrats, repeatedly calling them "comrades." S'rgio Nobre, president of the PT-controlled CUT'Brazil's largest union federation'responded by declaring: "President, here is your army, and we will be fighting this battle alongside you. You…...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (1452+ words) One worker was killed and two injured by a truck driven by scab labour which attempted to break through a picket line organised by Cargo Solidarity members outside the CU Jinju Logistics Centre in Yeha-ri on April 20. About 1, 700 workers returned…...