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UAW: Mixed Reform Results

Dianne Feeley — 2026-07-13T10:08:08Z

THIS SPRING DELEGATES were elected to the United Auto Workers Constitutional Convention that will be held in mid-June. As the UAW website notes, the convention will “make critical decisions, including constitutional amendments and resolutions on workplace and social issues.”

- Features / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Four Thousand Worker Activists at Labor Notes Conference Plan to Fight

Dan La Botz — 2026-06-16T11:04:01Z

More than 4,000 worker activists gathered in Chicago from June 12-14 for the Labor Notes Conference where they discussed the challenges facing unions and workers, shared experiences, and planned for the fights of the future. They came from across the United States and some from countries around the world. The conference began with and was permeated with a commitment to strengthen unions, to stand up to the corporations and the government, and to improve the lives of working people.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

A soldiers' union is formed in Ukraine

Collective — 2026-06-14T18:29:12Z

The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) has announced the creation of a new organisation: the All-Ukrainian Union of Combatants, Military Personnel and Veterans.

- News from around the world / Ukraine, Trade unions/workplace organizing

The “chalk revolution”: when a society rises up to defend public education

Aphrodite Mara — 2026-06-12T15:52:09Z

The month of June 2026 could, in retrospect, appear to be a decisive moment in Belgium's contemporary social and political history. What is at stake there goes far beyond a simple sectoral reform. It is a profound confrontation between two irreconcilable visions of the school.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Belgium, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services

The general strike in Portugal scored points, but the future is uncertain

Antonio Louçã — 2026-06-11T22:15:59Z

The general strike of June 3rd paralysed a significant number of businesses and services. There is a widespread awareness among the working class that the package of dozens of labour laws represents a mortal threat to their future.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Portugal, Trade unions/workplace organizing

The 1926 General Strike in Britain

Harry Wicks, Jim Higgins — 2026-06-08T11:26:25Z

This 1976 pamphlet first appeared as a series of articles in the Workers News, a fortnightly journal of socialist news and analysis.

- Features / Britain, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Historical events and figures

General Strike Rejects Labour Reform Package Once Again

Adriano Campos — 2026-06-06T11:23:00Z

“It's turning out to be a major general strike; the data we have from last night shows workers are determined to treat today as a major day of struggle,” said the CGTP's General Secretary in the morning outside one of the striking schools in Lisbon.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Portugal, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Public education comes to a standstill in a historic strike in Valencia

Moisès Vizcaino, Vicent Mauri — 2026-06-02T08:39:22Z

“May 11th will be etched in the collective memory of the Valencian people. The teachers, the grassroots and union movement, and the entire educational community will make history for the dignity, determination, and strength they demonstrated during weeks of mobilisation and organisation. The indefinite strike is already a moral and political victory against an arrogant, authoritarian government that is completely out of touch with the reality of educational institutions.”

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Spanish state, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services

Learning & Advancing from Setbacks

Against the Current Editors — 2026-05-20T07:13:31Z

“Fighting for race and gender equality and justice is part of the process of uniting the working class.”

- Features / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Labor Beyond Borders

Dianne Feeley — 2026-05-18T09:05:13Z

“When Shawn Fain [president of the United Auto Workers (UAW)] supported Trump's auto tariffs, he made the mistake of thinking that a narcissistic businessman could develop a policy in workers' interests. For Trump, tariffs are a weapon used to bludgeon workers in other countries.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing