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BP locks out Whiting, Indiana workers after decisive rejection of “last, best and final” agreement
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (333+ words) After workers overwhelmingly rejected the offer negotiated by BP (British Petroleum) and the United Steelworkers, the company announced it was locking out nearly 900 Whiting, Indiana refinery workers as of 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 19.BP confirmed it intends to continue to operate…...
South Australian election will resolve nothing for workers: Build a socialist movement against austerity and war!
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (782+ words) The South Australian state election this Saturday will not resolve a single issue facing workers and young people. Whatever the result, the incoming administration will continue to impose the burden of the cost-of-living crisis on the working class, while cutting…...
Italy’s Meloni government pushes judicial “reform” in preparation for massive opposition to war and austerity
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (441+ words) At its core, the reform seeks to separate the career paths of judges and prosecutors, split the High Council of the Judiciary (CSM) into two distinct governing bodies and establish a new High Disciplinary Court composed through sortition (random selection)....
Washington’s assault on Cuba and Latin America: A key front in the capitalist drive to abolish the 20th century
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (1405+ words) Coinciding with a total island-wide blackout Monday, US President Donald Trump boasted to reporters, "I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba. That's a big honor." "Whether I free it, take it, I think I could do…...
VIDEO: London meeting marks a milestone in the history of the Fourth International
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (316+ words) The World Socialist Web Site is publishing here the video of the public meeting held on March 14 in London, marking the 40th anniversary of the historic struggle against the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) leadership, which led to its expulsion from the…...
“People have died working this job”: JBS workers denounce unsafe conditions as strike enters third day
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (1307+ words) The largest meatpackers" strike in the United States since the 1950s entered its third day on Wednesday. As with the previous two days, thousands of workers, a majority of whom are immigrants, picketed for hours outside the JBS meat processing facility…...
Ford worker Gregory Knopf killed at Sharonville Transmission Plant in Ohio
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (263+ words) In comments to the local media, Knopf's son Corey described his father as the best man he knew. His daughter Miranda Boutwell remembered him as selfless. "My dad was always willing to help anybody in need," she said. "I wish…...
Trump’s $200 billion Iran funding request points to massive scale of war plans
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (363+ words) The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the Pentagon is seeking more than $200 billion from Congress to fund the US war of aggression against Iran, a sum that would exceed the roughly $188 billion spent by the US on arming Ukraine over…...
US Fed gripped by uncertainty as war dominates the economy
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (1223+ words) The US Federal Reserve yesterday kept interest rates on hold, as expected, but indicated that it has no real idea about the direction of the US economy flowing from the disruption caused by the US war on Iran and the…...
Kaiser strike betrayed: UNAC/UHCP ends 31,000-worker walkout, advances sellout agreement
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (609+ words) On the morning of February 24, before heading into what would have been the fifth week of the strike, the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) released a press statement headlined "KAISER NURSES END HISTORIC…...