Public Workers – Page 17

2011: People Said NO to union busting, greed and war

December 15, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

2011 will be remembered as the year workers occupied capitals to defend union rights and the jobs of millions of public workers.

Union rallies in New York call for jobs

December 9, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Jobs, justice and voting rights were the focus of two mass rallies in New York City.

U.S. nurses backed general strike in U.K.

December 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The National Nurses Union led a coalition of U.S. unions that demonstrated in six cities on Nov. 30 to back British public workers, who staged a one-day strike.

In Britain too, public workers under fire

November 30, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Chancellor George Osborne careened ahead with disastrous economic policies as he launched a vicious new attack on public-sector workers.

Black public workers first laid off by job cuts

November 29, 2011 By Joe Sims

African Americans are experiencing the sharpest edge of layoffs of government and other public workers across the country