Teaching assistants at York University in Toronto are on strike after management cut 800 TA posts. TAs are essential for students; they are the ones who actually teach the courses and do the grading rather than the professor. The management are also not doing enough to make the campus safe for women. If these attacks go ahead they will affect everyone at the university – send messages of support to CUPE3903strikecommittee@gmail.com.
Construction/Blacklisting
Sparks Unofficial action shuts down Balfour Beatty sites all over the UK
Film Length: 10:00 ***FULL RESOLUTION VERSION AVAILABLE ON REEL NEWS 30 *** After 81% of Balfour Beatty electricians vote to strike against a 35% pay cut and national agreements being torn up, the company threaten […]
Catalonia
Barcelona General strike: Massive Midday rally
Film length: 3:46 The general strike in Barcelona against police repression continues to be a huge success. The midday rally called by the militant radical left wing unions responsible for the strike drew so many […]
Health
Junior doctors strike: Anger grows over discrimination in new contracts
Film length: 6:15 Anger grows on another solid and determined strike by junior doctors at the start of April, as the department of health admits that changes in the contracts will disadvantage women.