Peter Riley#educationworkers #Gaza #militaryIndustrialComplex #Palestine #RMIT #Solidarity #studentprotests
Open letter: RMIT staff and students oppose disciplinary action against Gemma Seymour over video opposing links to weapons ties - Overland literary journal
Freedom of speech and expression is absolutely vital in academic institutions. Students who engage in activism should not be punished for doing so, and discipline procedures are not there to be abused as a tool of intimidation. We call for the disciplinary process against Gemma to cease immediately.
68,000 education workers UTLA - SEIU - AALA to STRIKE
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/08/la-teachers-strike-68000-education-workers-in-3-unions-set-to-walk/
#EducationWorkers #LA #Organize #Red4Ed #Solidarity #Strikes #Teachers
Six thousand San Francisco educators won fully funded health care, sanctuary schools, and an up to 8.5 percent raise over two years by walking out for the first time in nearly 50 years. After just four days on strike, February 9 to 12, they won their top demands—some of which the district had previously refused to bargain over.
#educationworkers #labourmovement #organize #SanFrancisco #solidarity #Strikes #teachers #unions
Overwhelmed by Strike, San Francisco Schools Found the Money for Top Union Demands
Six thousand San Francisco educators won fully funded health care, sanctuary schools, and an up to 8.5 percent raise over two years by walking out for the first time in nearly 50 years. After just four days on strike, February 9 to 12, they won their top demands—some of which the district had previously refused even to bargain over. “It was hard and it was joyful and we f-ing beat them,” said Ilan Desai-Geller, a high school teacher who served on the bargaining committee and as a regional strike captain. “They found the money all of a sudden.
Conditions regarding protests: a response to the University of Melbourne - Overland literary journal
What has been done cannot be undone. But a reversal of the current descent into barbarism begins with justice for Gaza. The University of Melbourne still has an opportunity to speak out against genocide and apartheid. It should do so.
WAR: militarism & labour movement struggles: #DPWorld’s #AI #automation push threatens over 1,000 skilled port jobs while shifting control of critical #supplychain infrastructure offshore; Australia’s fuel insecurity—hollowed refineries and a depleted tanker fleet—exposes us to global choke points and the fallout of foreign military campaigns; Victoria’s #educationworkers strike highlights domestic #austerity
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This episode examines how war and militarism shape workers’ lives and labour struggles: DP World’s AI automation push threatens over 1,000 skilled port jobs while shifting control of critical supply‑chain infrastructure offshore; Australia’s fuel insecurity—hollowed refineries and a depleted tanker fleet—exposes us to global choke points and the fallout of foreign military campaigns; Victoria’s education strike highlights domestic austerity and the costs borne by public services.
#UTLA United Teachers Los Angeles 38,000 teachers & #SEIU Local 99 30,000 workers: cafeteria workers, bus drivers and special education assistants authorized a strike by 94% and 97%, respectively.
https://edsource.org/2026/lausd-deficit-unions-strike/754008
#EducationWorkers #LabourMovement #LosAngeles #Teachers #Strike #Unions
