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New York University contract faculty threaten strike action to win first contract
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (396+ words) Contract faculty'who unionized in February 2024'make up half of NYU's full-time faculty. Universities systematically prey and rely on lower-paid contract faculty who receive fewer benefits and low job security compared to their tenured counterparts. These precarious conditions force many into…...
Los Angeles school district announces hundreds of job cuts
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (748+ words) On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education (LAUSD) voted 4 to 3 for massive budget cuts in the next 2026-27 school year. Some 3,200 layoff notices will be sent out and at least 657 jobs cut. LAUSD employs 83,000 workers, including teaching…...
Jesse Jackson: From civil rights to black capitalism
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (259+ words) For decades Jackson was one of the most recognizable figures in American politics. He seemed to be everywhere: on picket lines and in presidential campaigns, as well as in corporate boardrooms and cable-news studios'habitually presented, and in effect anointed by…...
AI turmoil continues on 2 fronts
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (1049+ words) While the sharp falls of a week ago have abated somewhat, uncertainty over the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on share market valuations and the financial system more broadly continues. One of the features of last week's turbulence was that…...
Zohran Mamdani threatens to increase property tax on New York City workers
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (622+ words) The tax would also drive up rents in apartment buildings that are not rent regulated. It would hit more than 100,000 small businesses, many of them under "triple-net" leases that require tenants to pay a share of the building's property taxes....
Volkswagen to impose 20 percent cost reduction across all brands, threatening jobs and plants
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (588+ words) At the end of 2024, the Volkswagen Group Board of Management and Works Council agreed to cut 35,000 jobs in Germany at the core VW brand by 2030. Thirteen months later, the board is already planning the next devastating cutbacks'this time across all…...
UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman issues statement supporting University of California student employees strike vote
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (816+ words) Last week, academic student employees across the University of California system voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike by 48,000 members of the United Auto Workers at one of the largest and most prestigious public university systems in the United States. Three…...
Leader of Australia’s far-right One Nation party goes on Islamophobic tirade
6+ hour, 7+ min ago (739+ words) On Monday evening, Pauline Hanson, the leader of Australia's far-right One Nation party, went on a foul Islamophobic tirade, suggesting that there are no "good Muslims" in the country." The remarks underscored the xenophobic and even fascistic character of One…...
Australia: Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee supports striking US nurses and healthcare workers
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (549+ words) The Australian Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee (HWRFC) met last week and unanimously passed a resolution in support of striking New York nurses, as well as the 31,000 nurses and healthcare workers and 3,000 pharmacy and laboratory workers on strike at Kaiser Permanente…...
Australian state Labor government imposes anti-democratic “code of conduct” changes on school staff
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (624+ words) At the start of the school year, with immediate effect, the New South Wales (NSW) Labor government amended its code of conduct for all public, independent and Catholic teachers and school staff in the state, explicitly prohibiting any alleged incitement…...