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Potential Dockworker Strike Could Unleash “Super Meltdown” At German Port Of Hamburg
Potential Dockworker Strike Could Unleash “Super Meltdown” At German Port Of Hamburg Dozens of container ships are piling up outside Germany’s largest seaport by volume, known as the Port of Hamburg. It’s the third busiest port in Europe and the 15th largest globally and could be plunged into chaos next week as dockworkers may strike. […]
Largest California Refinery Hit With Strike Amid Record-High Gas Prices
Largest California Refinery Hit With Strike Amid Record-High Gas Prices Hundreds of Chevron Corp. refinery workers in the San Francisco Bay Area went on strike Monday following a breakdown in talks between the oil major and the United Steelworkers (USW) union on a contract agreement. At least 500 workers at a gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, […]
From Bad To Worse: Another French Nuclear Reactor Cuts Output Due To Strike
From Bad To Worse: Another French Nuclear Reactor Cuts Output Due To Strike France’s energy crisis worsened overnight when another nuclear power plant had to reduce electricity output. Power prices jumped as the government requested one of the largest utility companies to restart more nuclear reactors amid cold weather. Following last week’s shuttering of two nuclear […]
Truckers Prepare For MASSIVE Strike To Protest Biden
Truckers Prepare For MASSIVE Strike To Protest Biden It’s called “Stop the Tires,” and it’s not the first time American truckers have chosen to stand up against Joe Biden. As news spreads about the fishy manner in which the pop media prematurely called Joe Biden “President Elect”, thousands of independent truckers, their loved-ones, and their friends, […]
A Workers’ Struggle in India to ‘Make the Land Proud’ as Global Unrest Spreads
Struggles That Make the Land Proud: The Second Newsletter (2019) Over two days—Jan. 8 and 9—more than 160 million workers went on strike in India. This has been one of the largest general strikes in the world. The workers, exhausted by almost three decades of neoliberal policies and by the attack on their rights, came […]
India Just Staged The Biggest Strike In History As 200 Million Workers Took To The Streets
India Just Staged The Biggest Strike In History As 200 Million Workers Took To The Streets In what may be the largest worker strike in history, last week India came to a halt for two days when at least 200 million workers – about 16% of India’s 1.25 billion population – in the country’s public, […]
European Gas Stations Out of Diesel: French Refinery Strike Deepens Crisis
European Gas Stations Out of Diesel: French Refinery Strike Deepens Crisis Diesel is in short supply in Europe. The situation is about to worsen as the biggest French refinery is shutting down. Bloomberg reports Europe’s Diesel Woes Deepen as Strike Halts French Oil Refinery. Total SA, France’s biggest refiner, is in the process of shutting its […]
As The World Rolls Over
As The World Rolls Over Brutal news is pouring in from pretty much everywhere. US retail sales are flat and wholesale prices are falling. Big retail chains are missing on earnings and seeing their shares plunge. Chinese nonperforming loans are soaring while imports, car sales and steel production are way down. Oil is flirting with […]
“Catastrophic Shutdown Of America’s Supply Chain Looms” As West Coast Port Worker Talks Break Down
“Catastrophic Shutdown Of America’s Supply Chain Looms” As West Coast Port Worker Talks Break Down For those who have been following the recent ISM reports, one of the recurring concerns of respondents in both the manufacturing and service sector has been the congestion at West Coast Ports – which handled 43.5% of containerized cargo in the […]
