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The right to strike is in danger at the US Supreme Court
A company claiming cement that hardened in its trucks during a work stoppage means it can now sue the union that represented the strikers for damages is threatening the very foundation of US workers’ rights, reports MARK GRUENBERG
Nurses shout slogans and hold signs during a nursing strike outside Mount Sinai Hospital on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, in New York
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
IN a complex case from Washington state, the right-wing dominated US Supreme Court tackled the right to strike and whether corporate lawsuits can stop it.
“The right to strike is on trial today at the US Supreme Court,” AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler warned in a January 10 tweet about the case, Glacier Northwest, Inc v Teamsters Local 174.
“For nearly a century, federal law has protected workers’ right to strike to improve their wages, hours and working conditions.”
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