On defensive from mass anger, UAW President Fain threatens strike action “if necessary” against Stellantis
In an effort to contain the growing opposition of auto workers to layoffs at Stellantis before the 2024 elections, Shawn Fain, president of the UAW, gave a speech on Tuesday that combined vague talk ...
As war rages in Gaza, Israel’s crackdown on West Bank insurgency is killing Palestinian youths
As the world’s attention focuses on the far more deadly war in Gaza less than 80 miles away, the Israeli military has intensified its crackdown in the West Bank ...
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Walz says Gaza demonstrators protesting for 'all the right reasons'
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said Thursday that those protesting American support for Israel's war against Hamas in ...
The Conversation18d
How did polio reemerge in Gaza after a quarter of a century? Q&A with a virologist
Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow A ten-month-old boy in the Gaza Strip was recently paralysed by poliovirus – the first such case in the ...
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Thousands of UAW union workers show solidarity amid election year with Labor Day march
Some UAW Local 7 members began arriving at their staging area as early as 4 a.m. Spectators lined up alongside Michigan Avenue, including educator Lynn Doyle-Curl. “(It’s about) Protections ...
The New York Times19d
Netanyahu Defends His Plans for Gaza, Amid Outrage in Israel
Netanyahu Defends His Plans for Gaza, Amid Outrage in Israel After thousands of Israeli workers walked off the job on Monday, angry over the deaths of hostages in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin ...
World Socialist Web Site19d
The SEP intervention in the UAW election and the fight for socialism among autoworkers
On October 7, 2023, the very day Israel began its war in Gaza, Fain spelled this ... rely on the Labor Department, the UAW monitor or the courts to defend their rights. If a genuinely democratic ...
Detroit Free Press19d
AFL-CIO president: Union workers are powerful. We will decide this election.
The AFL-CIO represents nearly 13 million workers in our federation across 60 unions. This time every year, we come together to put the labor back in Labor Day. As much as we love the barbecues ...
The Ithaca Journal22d
From union groups at Cornell to REI and Greenstar, Ithaca union workers force action
*Editor's note: This story was updated to clarify a quote attribution. Recent events involving union strikes at Cornell might have you believe that there’s always a protest at the university ...
The New York Times22d
Gaza Debate Reopens Divisions Between Left-Wing Workers and Union Leaders
Last week’s Democratic National Convention surfaced differences over the war in Gaza that could widen fissures between labor activists and union officials. By Noam Scheiber Noam Scheiber ...
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U.N. calls Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza "complete disaster" for humanitarian work as polio vaccinations set to begin
As the United Nations prepared to begin a polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip Tuesday, a U.N. humanitarian worker there said multiple evacuation orders by the Israeli military have been ...
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UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push
The United Nations temporarily paused aid deliveries in Gaza on Monday over safety concerns after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, a senior UN official said, possibly ...