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New Zealand schools hit by ‘mega-strike’ as 50,000 teachers walk out; ‘Overwhelmed’ staff are demanding more pay, more respect and better conditions

Thousands of teachers, parents and schoolchildren march up Queen Street as they protest in Auckland, New Zealand. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images https://bit.ly/2Wb6X7j More than 50,000 primary and high school teachers have gone on strike in the biggest industrial action ever seen in New Zealand’s schools. Since a Labour coalition government took power in late 2017, […]

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Another Diplomatic Defeat for the US: UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva Chaired by Venezuela

https://bit.ly/2wnWzKf A new attack against Venezuela was demonstrated on Tuesday at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, in which the United States and some Latin American countries, which make up the Lima Group, boycotted the first meeting chaired by the Venezuelan ambassador, Jorge Valero. Regardless of all their diplomatic maneuvers the US and “its docile […]

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Nobody Wins if Graduate Students Can’t Organize

https://bit.ly/2wpOlBf By Dennis M. Hogan May 27, 2019 New York U. graduate-student workers and their allies protested for a fair contract in November 2014./ Michael Alexander Gould-Wartofsky The National Labor Relations Board announced last week that it plans to propose a rule this fall that will establish whether graduate-student workers are covered by federal labor […]

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Milwaukee, June 9, 2019: Pride Parade

https://www.prideparademke.org/ is the official website of Milwaukee Pride Parade. The parade route is on S. 2nd St. in Walker’s Point. Step off is @ 2 P.M.

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Workers, community rally to save UMC in D.C.

https://unionist.com/ http://labor411.org/ Hotel workers were there. Teachers were there. And of course, nurses were there. They all rallied on the steps of the DC City Council Tuesday morning on a gloomy, rainy day, “not to beg, not to bargain, we are demanding that UMC be kept open!” said Katrina Clark, president of the DC Nurses […]

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Dozens in Racine Participate in Vigil to Protest the Deportation of Pastor Betty Rendon & Carlos Hincapie

Racine 5/28/19 Vigil Protest for Pastor Betty Rendon and her spouse Carlos Hincapie who were kidnapped by ICE in early May, dragged in chains to numerous “detention centers” and deported to Colombia today. We will continue to resist! Stop ICE raids & deportations! No human being is illegal! No Borders In The Workers’ struggle! Si […]

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Kenosha, May 31, 2019: FreeChrystul Status Hearing PACK the COURT

FreeChrystul Status Hearing PACK the COURT 912 56th Street, #L, Kenosha, WI This is the next preliminary hearing for Chrystul. The hearing starts at 9:30. We’ll get there by 8:30 and bookend the hearing with demos before and after outside the courthouse. WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE CASE: This will be a status hearing to see […]