 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Together, the speakers set out a political programme capable of uniting the international working class and mobilising its immense social power in a struggle against the world's major corporations and governments. Millions of workers took to the streets in France on May Day to reject the illegitimate pension law formally adopted by President Emmanuel Macron and to express their opposition to his government. A feature of the demonstrations was the contradiction between the growing militancy of workers and youth, and the efforts of union officials and pseudo-left groups leading the marches to channel this into a dead end. These greetings were delivered by two representatives of the Young Guard of Bolshevik Leninists (YGBL) from Ukraine and Russia to the International Online May Day Rally 2023. The following speech was delivered by WSWS writer Andre Damon to the 2023 International May Day Online Rally. The strike was the first time that nurses walked out in all sectors of the NHS, including intensive care units, cancer care and emergency departments. World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to nurses on the picket lines during their strike across England on May 1. Hundreds of copies of the committee's resolution were distributed as leaflets in Sheffield, Manchester, Bradford and London. The takeover is being presented as a "private sector" solution to try to avoid giving the impression that this is yet another government bailout, but large amounts of public money are involved. PSAC has abandoned workers' demands, agreed to real wage cuts and is trumpeting as victories side-deals on remote work and job security that mean workers will remain subject to the tyranny of "managerial rights." The new contract for public sector workers means a further reduction in real wages, which had already been massively reduced during the pandemic. Striking workers in Hopewell, Virginia must take contract negotiations out of the hands of the unions and form a rank-and-file committee The defence review, calling for the biggest Australian military build-up since World War II, is based on "war gaming" that has been hidden from the population. Immediately following the period analysed by the Observer and Liberty Investigates, on November 24, at least 27 people are known to have drowned in the worst disaster in the Channel for 30 years. The United Federation of Teachers in New York City is now conducting a campaign for a "fair contract" with the city, which will not only be unfair, but intolerable for its 115,000 members. A government report released in April details a sharp decline in housing affordability and availability across the country, with low-income earners bearing the brunt of the crisis. The leaders of the three unions at Rutgers University want to impose the inadequate tentative agreements without giving workers time to study them. Amid the escalating international assault on tertiary education, hundreds of jobs are to be axed at New Zealand's Otago University and other institutions. Even after the river has crested, flood waters will remain high for several days continuing to create disruptions and dangerous conditions. After hypocritically hailing transit workers as "heroes" and "essential workers" during the worst days of the pandemic, Democrats are demanding sweeping cutbacks from them. Through this pathetic and toothless campaign, the union bureaucracy is trying to redirect the growing anger and militancy of railroaders into harmless moral appeals to railroad CEOs. Workers occupied the Altos Hornos de México steel plant over unpaid wages while transit workers for the Imperial County Transportation Commission in El Centro, California walked off the job April 25. Mayor Muriel Bowser is proposing to slash funding for education and public transportation as pandemic relief funds dry up. Nearly 300 nurses will strike this week after being kept on the job without a contract by the California Nurses Association bureaucracy for nearly two years. About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party.
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