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Lessons of the NYC school bus strike: Was it worth it?

By February 26, 2013 » Add more comments.
School bus workers demonstrate Feb. 10 at New York City Hall Park. WW photo: Brenda Ryan

The bourgeois media made a decision to portray the end of the New York City school bus union’s four-week strike as an out-and-out victory for Mayor Michael Bloomberg. There’s no question that Bloomberg intends to entirely eliminate the Employment Protection Provision — the job-protection seniority list at the heart of the strike. The EPP is [...]

 

Digamos NO a los ataques del Alcalde Bloomberg

By February 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.

¡ÚLTIMA HORA! El 15 de febrero, después de que los cinco candidatos a alcaldes por el Partido Demócrata hicieran un llamado al sindicato, la junta ejecutiva de ATU 1181 votó a favor de suspender la huelga y “continuar la lucha por la Disposición para la Protección de Empleados [EPP por sus siglas en inglés] en [...]

 

NYC school bus drivers forced to strike for safety, security

By January 17, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Jan. 14, New York. Michael Cordiello, president of ATU 1181-1061 tells how Mayor Bloomberg forced the school bus strike.  WW photo:  Mike Otto

New York — More than 8,000 school bus drivers who transport 152,000 pupils in this city every day, many of them children with special needs, were forced to go on strike Jan. 16 to protect not only their jobs but also the safety of the children they serve. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Wall Street mogul who [...]

 
U.S. May Day actions call for ‘Nothing less than legalization’ U.S. May Day actions call for ‘Nothing less than legalization’

“Jobs, not jails or deportation; nothing less than legalization!” was a popular chant among the tens of thousands of workers, including undocumented immigrants, who turned out for May Day protests across the U.S. […]

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