C4. Radical Labor

Frontline nurses know that Medicaid saves lives. One in 3 adults and almost half of all children in New York rely on Medicaid, and Medicaid funds nearly half of all births. Many hospitals throughout the state receive most of their revenue from Medicaid. 

Addressing an employer practice known to drive nurses away from hospital work, a bipartisan plan introduced in the Michigan Legislature aims to end the rampant abuse of mandatory nurse overtime.

Registered nurses at HCA’s Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., voted overwhelmingly this week in favor of ratifying a new five-year contract. This contract includes significant wins including protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

Registered nurses with NNOC/NNU, along with other federal unions and veterans groups, are holding an urgent rally on Weds. July 8 to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling, which overrides a lower court’s order that temporarily froze massive federal employee layoffs.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will be balloting its members to determine whether it will be going ahead with a strike at Gautrain. NUMSA has deadlocked with the Bombela Operating Company which manages the Gautrain. The union was granted a certificate to strike, which means we can give the employer 48-hour notice to down tools.

Our members rejected the employer’s offer of 4.2% wage increase Gautrain workers, because this is not a meaningful increase. We are demanding 7% increase across the board. While management clings to the Consumer Price Index as a benchmark, workers are living in a country where the cost of survival has skyrocketed far beyond the CPI.

Let’s talk facts:

• Eskom tariffs have surged by 12.7%, with more hikes looming.
• Fuel prices are R21 per litre, driving up transport and food costs.
• A basic basket of food now exceeds R5,000, according to the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group (PMBEJD) which reports that the average cost of a basic household food basket in Pietermaritzburg is R5443.12
• While half of South Africa’s workers earn less than R5,400 a month.
• The average worker supports 5-7 unemployed family members.

Meanwhile, the lowest-paid Gautrain worker, a cleaner, earns approximately R9,000,therefore how are they expected to absorb these increases with a meagre 4.2% offer?

This is not just a wage dispute. It’s a question of dignity and fairness. The demands we are making are reasonable given that the cost of living is extremely high. This is why we say,

CPI Increases are not enough – workers at Gautrain deserve a living wage!

Gautrain’s world-class performance with over 7.9 million passengers annually and a95% punctuality rate is only made possible by the very workers now being told to “tighten their belts” while executives remain insulated in air-conditioned offices. The same executives are rewarded with generous packages, when it is ordinary workers, whose labour is exploited, in order to generate Gautrain’s world class performance.

NUMSA’s demand for a 7% increase is a modest, reasonable adjustment that reflects the real cost of living in South Africa today. This is not a luxury, it is lifeline.

We call on the Bombela Operating Company and the Gautrain Management Agency to put a meaningful offer on the table. Workers are not asking for miracles, they are asking for economic justice. We all have a responsibility to end wage inequality and that includes the bosses at Gautrain.

We work to live. Not to fall behind.

ENDS

For more information, please contact:

Phakamile Hlubi-Majola

NUMSA National Spokesperson

0833767725

phakamileh@numsa.org.za

NUMSA Head Office number: 0116891700

NUMSA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NumsaSocial

NUMSA Twitter account: @Numsa_Media

NUMSA Website: https://numsa.org.za/

 PDF DOWNLOAD: CPI Increases are not enough – workers at Gautrain deserve a living wage!

The post CPI Increases are not enough – workers at Gautrain deserve a living wage! appeared first on NUMSA.

The post Take action now: Let Rosalind Stay first appeared on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

The post Take action now: Let Rosalind Stay appeared first on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

Incluso si te uniste a nosotros en la reunión en persona en Toronto, ven a esta reunión.

El 17 de agosto de 2025, únete a la Asamblea de Emergencia de Miembr@s de la Alianza (MWAC). Rosalind ha sido deportada, trabajamos y vivimos bajo un calor insoportable y el racismo antiinmigrante está por todas partes.

El gobierno federal está consultando sobre futuros planes de inmigración. Es posible que se aprueben leyes antiinmigrantes negativas, como el Proyecto de Ley C-2, y otras, cuando el Parlamento regrese de sus vacaciones en septiembre.

Únase a la Reunión de Emergencia para conocer los planes del gobierno, apoyarnos mutuamente, elaborar planes estratégicos sobre las necesidades de la Alianza (MWAC) en el futuro cercano, renovar su membresía (si aún no lo ha hecho) y volverse miembr@.

Esta es una asamblea de emergencia SOLO para miembr@s nuev@s y existentes, y recibirá noticias actualizadas, incluyendo un gran día de acción mundial el 20 de septiembre. Así que únase incluso si ya asistio a la reunión en persona en Toronto.

Fecha: Domingo, 17 de agosto de 2025

Lugar: Zoom (¡regístrese para recibir el enlace!)

Hora: 7:00 Ontario, 4:00 Columbia Británica, 5:00 Alberta, 8:00 New Brunswick

¡Unid@s somos más fuertes!

The post Reunión de emergencia en línea – Solo para miembr@s first appeared on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

The post Reunión de emergencia en línea – Solo para miembr@s appeared first on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

Even if you joined us at the Toronto in-person gathering, come to this meeting.

On August 17, 2025, join the emergency MWAC Member’s Assembly Rosalind is deported, our homes and workplaces are unbearably hot, and anti-immigrant racism is everywhere.

The federal government is consulting on future immigration plans. Bad anti-migrant laws like Bill C-2, and others may be passed when Parliament returns from holidays in September.

Join the Emergency Meeting to hear about the government’s plans, to hold each other close, make strategic plans about MWAC needs to do in the near future, and renew your membership (if you haven’t already).

This is an emergency assembly for new and existing members ONLY, and you will hear new updates, including about a massive global day of action on September 20 – so join even if you already attended the Toronto in-person gathering.

Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025

Place: Zoom (register to get the link!)

Time: 7pm ON, 4pm BC, 5pm AB, 8pm NB

United we are Stronger!

The post Online Emergency Meeting – Only for Members first appeared on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

The post Online Emergency Meeting – Only for Members appeared first on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

June 16 is International Domestic Workers Day. Join care workers in calling the new Immigration Minister, Lena Diab, to demand the reopening of the Care Worker Program — without caps and without unfair requirements.

Care workers look after Canadian children, the elderly, and the sick. Many have left their own families behind to do this essential work.

For decades, care workers have fought for permanent residency and basic rights — and they won. But the government responded with a limited, unfair program full of barriers and a cap on applications.

Then, on March 31, that program closed in just 4.5 hours, leaving tens of thousands of care workers shut out and at risk of deportation.

This is unfair — and care workers won’t be silent.

Sign up now to make a call on June 16. Let’s flood the Immigration Minister’s phone lines to demand Status for All!

The post On June 16, make a call for Status for Care Workers! first appeared on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

The post On June 16, make a call for Status for Care Workers! appeared first on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

Loading…

The post 您被排除在AFIP政策之外吗？告诉我们更多关于你的事情 first appeared on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

The post 您被排除在AFIP政策之外吗？告诉我们更多关于你的事情 appeared first on Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.