Workers Movement
The largest strike in history is happening in India right now
By Ben Cowles
January 8, 2019
AROUND 150 million people began a two-day general strike in India today against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Labour and...
Thousands march in Budapest to protest Hungary’s ‘slave law’
Jan. 5, 2019
Thousands of Hungarians participated in the latest in a series of protests against the country's new 'slave law'
“In Hungary, there is no way forward but strikes”
Dec. 28, 2018
On December 12, the far-right government of Viktor Orbán in Hungary passed a law in parliament, permitting employers to make employees to...
Lithuania : Scope and militancy of teachers’ strike shakes the ruling...
Dec. 28, 2018
Lithuania is being shaken by an unprecedented teachers strike, which has now entered its fourth week and is causing severe anxiety, distress...
Anti-government protests continue in Hungary
By Markus Salzmann
21 December 2018
Protests against the right-wing government of Premier Victor Orbán have continued this week. Thousands had taken to the streets...
Italy: RiMaflow, an exemplary workers’ struggle of the 21st century
by Nadia De Mond
22 October 2018
Repression fell on the RiMaflow factory, place of an emblematic fight. The president of the cooperative, Massimo...
The time is ripe for unity
Over 1.5 lakh farm and industrial workers walked together in Delhi on September 5, not because no one thought of it sooner, but because...
Argentina’s Macri responds to fourth general strike with yet another IMF...
By Andrea Lobo
28 September 2018
On Tuesday, all the major cities of Argentina came to a virtual standstill during the fourth general strike against...
‘Suicidal’: Argentine Gov’t Reaches Deal with IMF, Recent Borrowing Reaches $57B
27 September 2018
A bigger loan and the early release of funds were agreed on by Argentina and the IMF, despite warnings by labor unions.
Argentina's...
Airline workers launch largest strike in Ryanair’s history
By Gustav Kemper
28 September 2018
Cabin crew at Ryanair are on strike today in five European countries. The work stoppage began at 3 a.m....