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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

December 22, 2012

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Workers Struggles: The Americas

December 18, 2012

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

India: Thousands join convention and protest to defend victimised Maruti Suzuki workers

By Arun Kumar, December 15, 2012

The convention and march underscores growing militancy among auto workers in India who want to fight the slave labour conditions they are subjected to.

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

December 15, 2012

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Illinois grad assistants union pushes through concessions contract

By Marcus Day, December 13, 2012

The new contract is part of an overall attack on public education throughout the state of Illinois and across the country.

Workers Struggles: The Americas

December 11, 2012

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

For an independent political struggle by the working class

No to Michigan’s ‘right-to-work’ legislation

By Socialist Equality Party, December 10, 2012

The Michigan right-to-work bill is a fundamental attack on the right of the working class to resist attacks on jobs, wages and living conditions

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

December 8, 2012

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Locked out American Crystal Sugar workers reject contract again

By Michael Stapleton, December 7, 2012

Sixteen months into a lockout, workers at American Crystal Sugar Company rejected the company’s contract demands for the fourth time.

Defend auto workers victimised by Maruti Suzuki and Indian authorities

By World Socialist Web Site, December 6, 2012

Workers across India and internationally must defend the workers at Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar assembly plant who are the target of a joint vendetta by India’s largest automaker and the Congress Party-led Haryana government.

ILWU ends Los Angeles port strike

By our reporter, December 6, 2012

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union on Tuesday ended the eight-day strike by clerical workers, which had shut down the major US ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.

Behind the UAW’s “support” for the Maruti Suzuki workers

By Jerry White, December 5, 2012

The United Auto Workers union in the United States has issued a letter of protest against the firing and arrests of workers at a Maruti Suzuki India plant.