international solidarity

  • A Nurse in Haiti's "Unfathomable Sea of Need"

    It is true what they say: no words or photos can describe the enormity of what we saw in Haiti. Nine of us nurses, eight from Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, just spent 10 days here volunteering at the public hospital in Port au Prince, working the night shifts.

  • Bloodshed Feared as Mexican Mine Company Asks Army to Dislodge Strikers
    by Enku Ide
    Feb 12 2010 - 7:11pm
    Class war in Northern Mexico, being fought in the Cananea copper mine, could soon turn much bloodier. The Mexican government is going after 13,000 striking miners determined to hold their ground—and their mines.
  • Interview: In Iran, Labor Activists Face Repression

    Interview by Bill Balderston, Oakland Education Association and U.S. Labor Against the War

    Iran has seen incredible tumult in the last few months, with massive street protests challenging the government, even as the U.S. and allied nations continue to threaten the Iranian government under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

  • Guatemala: A Dangerous Place To Be a Union Member

    The Guatemalan labor movement is facing a sharp upsurge in assassinations and violence against trade unionists. Six unionists were murdered in 2009, believably for their union activities.

  • U.S., Canadian Delegation Supports Embattled Mexican Electrical Workers

    A delegation of U.S. and Canadian labor leaders visited Mexico November 29-December 3 in solidarity with fired electrical workers of the former Light and Power Company. On October 11 President Felipe Calderón sent police to occupy the facilities of the government-owned company and fired its 44,000 workers, attempting to break the Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) because the union has stood in the way of Calderón’s effort to privatize the entire electrical industry.

  • Reining in Russell
    Amanda Wilson
    Nov 24 2009 - 11:28am

    Student anti-sweatshop activists spurred a historic deal between a Honduran union and the largest exporter of T-shirts to the U.S. Russell will rehire 1,200 workers fired for unionizing, injecting hope into a movement eager for good news.

  • Steelworkers Take Fight at Canadian Mine Global

    Steelworkers at nickel giant Vale Inco’s operations in Sudbury and Voisey Bay in Canada have been on strike since July. After rejecting contracts calling for deep concessions, Steelworkers (USW) members there find themselves in the midst of one of the largest battles in their history.

  • Outpouring of Protests, then Police "Payback" at G-20 Meeting
    Kipp Dawson, Al Hart, and Paul LeBlanc
    Sep 30 2009 - 4:28pm

    A summit meeting of the Group of 20 in Pittsburgh last week was faced with an outpouring of challenges from social movement activists, community groups, and unions.

  • Unions Leading Efforts To Return Ousted President in Honduras
    Judy Ancel
    Sep 2 2009 - 10:42pm

    In the early hours of the morning on June 28, the Honduran military shot off the locks on the back entrance to President Manuel Zelaya’s home in Tegucigalpa, dragged him out of bed, and whisked him out of the country in his pajamas.

  • Beyond ‘Buy American’: Sorting Allies and Enemies

    Judy Ancel

    The rampage of job-killing is creating desperation among workers and their unions. They are being seduced by “Buy American” and steering toward economic nationalism—a giant distraction that only confuses workers about who our allies are, who our enemies are, and what will advance our own interests. . . .


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