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Australia: National Cabinet agrees on plan to drive tens of thousands of children off NDIS disability support
28+ min ago (477+ words) Central to the agreement is Labor's "Thriving Kids" program, advanced as the first stage of a new "foundational supports" regime; cut-price programs, outside the NDIS, based on already overstretched state-level health, education and community services. Thriving Kids targets children aged…...
Kaiser Permanente pays $556 million for medicare fraud while claiming there is no money for striking workers
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (540+ words) The ongoing strike by 31,000 nurses, technicians, and other healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in California and Hawaii has entered its second week, amidst an eruption of strikes and protests across the country. For three weeks, 15,000 nurses in New York City…...
Build rank-and-file committees at Australian universities to fight job destruction and pro-war restructuring
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (1236+ words) As educators and students return to Australian campuses in 2026, they confront convulsive events worldwide and an ongoing assault on jobs and conditions. Spearheaded by the fascistic Trump administration, an eruption of militarism and domestic repression has shattered the post-World War…...
IG Metall boss calls for protectionism and trade war
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (813+ words) At the union's annual press conference on January 26 and in further statements IG Metall chair Christiane Benner has called for protectionism and trade war as integral elements of the union's so-called "Initiative for Jobs and Economic Recovery: Future Instead of…...
Epstein scandal engulfs Labour’s Peter Mandelson and former Prince Andrew, threatening Starmer
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (924+ words) Fresh revelations tying Jeffrey Epstein's criminal network to senior figures of Britain's ruling elite'former Labour Party minister/key adviser Lord Peter Mandelson and the former Prince Andrew'have embroiled Keir Starmer's Labour government. Epstein, who died in suspicious circumstances in a…...
National Education Union ends Midlands, England teachers’ strike following agreement with Trust
10+ hour, 56+ min ago (636+ words) The National Education Union (NEU) called off the strike of 800 teachers who work for the Arthur Terry Partnership Learning Trust (ATLP) across the Midlands last Thursday. The Trust, which runs 24 schools, is in a financial crisis was attempting to impose…...
University of Sheffield lock-out of staff adhering to action short of striking
11+ hour, 6+ min ago (457+ words) Management at the University of Sheffield (UoS) implemented a lock-out on January 19, the first in the history of UK higher education (HE). Such measures have been threatened before by UK universities but had never previously been carried through. Staff are…...
NYSNA seeks to undermine nurses strike as hospitals move to replace workers
1+ day, 1+ min ago (524+ words) Hundreds of nurses rallied yesterday in New York's Foley Square, where they denounced attempts by four private nonprofit hospitals to break their strike. These efforts have included threats to fire nurses who do not return to work'even without a tentative…...
Workers Struggles: The Americas
1+ day, 12+ min ago (747+ words) Airport workers, members of the State Workers Union (Asociaci'n de Trabajadores del Estado, ATE), announced a strike at 27 Argentine Airports in Argentina. At issue are unpaid wages by the government agency, National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC). A union spokesperson also…...
Sri Lankan court hearing on violent 2023 assault on SEP members
1+ day, 45+ min ago (727+ words) The Moratuwa Magistrate Court in Sri Lanka continued hearings on January 19 into the criminal case arising from the November 30, 2023 assault on two members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) near the University of Moratuwa. The proceedings form part of an…...