privatization

Budget Woes Prompt Privatization Fights in Public Transit

Evan Rohar

Mar 1 2010 - 4:00pm

As budget-butchering legislators and executives slash away at public services and public workers, they’re reaching for a familiar tactic: privatization. Bus drivers at UC Berkeley have led the push back, scoring a victory against outsourcing in late February.
Charter Schools Iced, Los Angeles Teachers Win Bids To Run New Schools

Charter school companies in Los Angeles were licking their chops last summer when the school board gave outside managers a chance to operate 36 schools next year. After yesterday’s packed board meeting where officials voted to award 29 of those schools to teacher-led groups supported by United Teachers Los Angeles, the charters are licking their wounds.
Puerto Rico to Lay Off 17,000; Splintered Labor Movement Scrambles to Respond

José A. Laguarta Ramírez

Oct 6 2009 - 4:38pm

Governor Luis Fortuño announced in late September that nearly 17,000 public employees in Puerto Rico will lose their jobs by November, in addition to the nearly 8,000 laid off over the summer.
Mexican Government Prepares to Seize Power Stations and Break Electrical Workers Union

Dan LaBotz

Sep 29 2009 - 4:56pm

The Mexican Preventive Police are preparing to occupy the facilities of the Central Light and Power Company in Mexico City in an attempt to break the militant Mexican Electrical Workers Union.

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