Five miners killed in Soma, site of Türkiye’s 2014 mining disaster
Five miners were killed and two others were rescued injured on 1 October when a roof collapsed in an underground coal mine in Soma, western Türkiye.
Barış Demir•
Miners must take control of the struggle into their own hands!
Alabama miners are determined to fight, but the UMWA is isolating the strike and working to defeat it.
That's why we're building independent rank-and-file committees of miners, linked with committees of autoworkers, educators, and Amazon workers, which will break the isolation imposed by the corporate-controlled unions and unite the working class.
Build a rank-and-file committee of miners!
The International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC) now includes committees of rank-and-file autoworkers, educators, Amazon workers, postal workers, and bus drivers.
If you are a rank-and-file mine worker, fill out this form now to contact us and start building a committee.
You can also text us at 205-614-9370
“The aim of this global initiative is to develop a genuine broad-based movement of the international working class, and to encourage workers in all countries to break out of the prison-like shackles in which they are confined by the existing state-controlled and antidemocratic unions, staffed by right-wing pro-capitalist executives.” – DAVID NORTH
Cleveland-Cliffs: Worker dies at Pennsylvania coke plant, Ontario plant being idled, while USW keeps steelworkers on the job without new contracts
More than a month after the original September 1 expiration date, the United Steelworkers is keeping tens of thousands of workers on the job while negotiating concessions behind closed doors.
Samuel Davidson•
Black lung cases surge to highest levels since 1978 among US coalminers
Black lung has returned to 1970s levels among veteran underground miners in Central Appalachia as a long-delayed federal silica standard remains stalled and the UMWA bureaucracy has spent decades suppressing the industrial power of the miners.
Milo Stevens•
How Chile’s “progressive” government and union bureaucracy covered up the El Teniente disaster
The El Teniente disaster was caused by the relentless pressure to cut costs, outsource labor and maximize production that is inherent to the capitalist mode of production, a pressure that operates whether the owner is a state corporation or a private shareholder.
By our reporter•
Our reporter•
John Braddock•
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Leonard Johns•
Martin Scott•
“Attacks on postal workers are accelerating, and the official channels have proven incapable of stopping them”
St. Paul USPS workers found Rank-and-File Committee
The future of the Postal Service will not be decided in our favor if workers remain isolated and passive. Our strength lies in our unity.
St. Paul Processing and Distribution Center Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Postal Workers: Refuse to withhold ballots! Defend mail-in voting and the post office!
We refuse to carry out any order to withhold, delay or “verify” mail-in ballots. We will not be the instrument of the disenfranchisement of the American people.
USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Railroaders: Break the isolation of the National Steel Car strike! Refuse to handle NSCX cars! For a united, cross-border struggle across the railroad industry!
The struggle at National Steel Car cuts directly across the national divisions that the corporations, governments and union bureaucracies are trying to impose on workers.
The Railroad Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Australian Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee demands freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk
“This young man is immensely courageous in speaking out against war. His persecution is setting a precedent against anyone who opposes any war and a warning to all.” — Mental health nurse
Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Pierre Lajeunesse•
National Steel Car Rank-and-File Committee•
Industrial Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Dylan Lubao•