Новости за 30.05.2016

The petition insists on the right of workers to study and vote on a contract with Verizon before they return to work.

Workers must act now to stop the sabotage of the Verizon strike by the CWA and IBEW.

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.

The leaders of the major capitalist parties were not asked to state their position on the rising tensions between the United States and China.

Workers and young people all over the world will be able to watch the meeting, which will be addressed by SEP presidential candidate Jerry White and vice presidential candidate Niles Niemuth.

Spiked’s defence of “free speech” is based on promoting right-wing individuals and groups, often in alliance with Conservative Students societies.

Science fiction and fantasy author Steven Brust wrote the following letter in reply to a petition being circulated among writers opposed to Trump’s candidacy for US president.

Socialist Alternative is calling for Sanders to run a “safe state” campaign to help Hillary Clinton win the election, while the International Socialist Organization is backing the Green Party.

A conspiracy of silence reigns over the preparations for war, aimed at deadening the consciousness of the population to the rising risks of nuclear conflict.

Regular mining disasters are one aspect of the exploitation of the Burmese working class, on which the lucrative jade industry is built.

The changes would force nurses, paramedics and others to take on increased workloads and do jobs currently carried out by doctors.

While NATO is encircling Russia militarily, the energy market is increasingly being used to exert pressure on Russia for geostrategic aims.

Sharp conflicts broke out in the Left Party after former parliamentary leader Gregor Gysi criticised the party’s failure to focus on government participation.

With eight days to go before the final round of presidential primaries, Sanders reiterated his pledge to support Clinton if she prevails in the campaign for the Democratic nomination.

After announcing an “agreement in principle,” the CWA and IBEW are attempting to shut down the strike before workers review and vote on a new contract.

On the BFM-Politique show, CGT General Secretary Philippe Martinez said he was in back-channel talks with the government over its unpopular labor law.

Over the weekend, WSWS reporters visited the Total refinery in Grandpuits, which is on strike to protest the Socialist Party government’s anti-worker labor law.

Catastrophic conditions prevail in the state-run camps for refugees in Idomeni, near the Macedonia border.

In the deadliest week for refugees so far this year, over 700 people died trying to reach Europe from North Africa in three separate disasters.