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The committee condemns the sacking of London bus driver David O’Sullivan by Metroline because of his demand that workers should be protected against coronavirus.
Germany’s official COVID-19 contagion policy puts hundreds of thousands of students and educators at risk
The amendment to Germany’s Infection Protection Act, passed last week, reinforces the government’s reckless contagion policy in schools and threatens the health of thousands of students and educators.
New COVID-19 infections in Germany have averaged around 20,000 per day in recent weeks. That is more than three times the total at the peak of the first lockdown. According to the latest report by the renowned Robert Koch Institute (RKI), coronavirus infection figures have increased among younger people, largely due to the opening up of schools.
Support the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees! Attend the ICFI’s May Day rally!
The Network of Action Committees for Safe Education in Germany supports the International Committee of the Fourth International’s (ICFI) and the Socialist Equality Party’s (SGP) call for the formation of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC). At its latest online meeting on Monday, the Network passed the following resolution with no votes opposed:
“The Network of Action Committees for Safe Education supports the ICFI’s appeal for the building of an International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees. The murderous coronavirus policies pursued by the capitalist class and their governments have led to a catastrophe around the world. Only through independent rank-and-file committees unified internationally can workers coordinate their struggles in various workplaces, industries, and countries against these policies and the corpora
At inaugural public meeting, Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee calls for working class action to stop the third COVID-19 wave
The Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (CERSC) held its first public meeting on Sunday to discuss a working class-led strategy to stop the third wave of the pandemic. The meeting featured an international panel of speakers, who explained the committee’s demands for the closure of schools and nonessential production, and the provision of full wages to all workers and families so they can shelter at home, to an attentive online audience.
The meeting took place as Canada struggles with a reported 73,447 active cases of the COVID-19 virus, the grim milestone of 1 million cases having been reached on April 3 and a further 60,000 confirmed infections already added to the total since that date.