Latin American labor making gains
Some 80 participants attended from the U.S., Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Uruguay.
UK: 2 million strike to save their pensions
Tory attempts to belittle public-sector industrial action rang pathetically hollow.
In Britain too, public workers under fire
Chancellor George Osborne careened ahead with disastrous economic policies as he launched a vicious new attack on public-sector workers.
General strike shuts down Portugal
A general strike called by Portuguese unions against austerity measures imposed by international finance capital practically shut down Portugal last Thursday.
Union leaders to G20: World must focus recovery on workers, jobs
World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy - and its recovery - on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.
Freeport strikers in Indonesia confront titanic forces
The mineworkers, belonging to the Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Labor Union launched a weeklong strike in July. The union extended the strike set for a month to mid November.
Mexican electrical workers score victory after Independence Day standoff
The Mexican Electrical Workers' Union scored a victory last week when the government agreed to recognize its leadership and release frozen union funds.
Air Canada flight attendant vote to strike
Flight attendants at Canada's largest airline overwhelmingly endorsed strike action on Sept 13 with results of the 10-day vote showing 5,175 ballots favoring a walkout.
Mexican labor officials meet with Congress about worker abuses
Workers in Mexico are facing repression from the Mexican government and corporations, and more and more working people in Mexico are being driven into poverty.
Mexico: New government attacks against electrical workers
The Mexican government under President Felipe Calderon, of the right wing National Action Party, has launched a new attack on the militant Mexican Electrical Workers Union.
