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Pittsburgh symphony musicians continue strike against wage cuts and job losses - World Socialist Web Site
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/11/11/psos-n11.html

Pittsburgh symphony musicians continue strike against wage cuts and job losses
By Samuel Davidson
11 November 2016

A news blackout continues over negotiations between the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and the Orchestra’s board and CEO.

Musicians have been on strike for over a month against draconian demands to accept a 15 percent pay cut, eliminate defined pension benefits and reduce the size of the orchestra by 10 percent or more.

#musique #orchestre #résistance

Cleveland police defend shooting death of 12-year-old boy - World Socialist Web Site
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/11/26/clev-n26.html

Cleveland police defend shooting death of 12-year-old boy
By Samuel Davidson
26 November 2014

The Cleveland police department is defending the murder of a 12-year-old boy who was shot and killed over the weekend while playing with a toy gun in a city park.

In a press conference held Tuesday morning, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams defended the actions of an as yet unidentified Cleveland police officer who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice Saturday afternoon as he played with his sister and a friend in a park playground. Tamir died Sunday morning from the shooting.

#cleveland #ferguson #états-unis #racisme #police

State authorities revoke labor contract for 15,000 Philadelphia teachers - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/10/07/phil-o07.html

State authorities revoke labor contract for 15,000 Philadelphia teachers
By Jerry White and Samuel Davidson
7 October 2014

In a meeting held virtually without any public notice and no public testimony, the five-member School Reform Commission overseeing the Philadelphia public school system in the US state of Pennsylvania voted unanimously Monday morning to revoke a labor agreement covering 15,000 teachers.

The move, which has the backing of the Republican-controlled state government in Harrisburg and the local Democratic Party establishment in Philadelphia, clears the way for authorities to unilaterally impose deep health care cuts for current and retired instructors and accelerate the dismantling of public education in the nation’s 14th largest school district.

#états-unis #éducation #école #philadelphie

Pennsylvania: Mother of seven dies while jailed for unpaid fines - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/06/16/penn-j16.html

Et pendant ce temps là, aux Etats-Unis...

Pennsylvania: Mother of seven dies while jailed for unpaid fines
By Samuel Davidson
16 June 2014

The death last Saturday of a 55-year-old mother of seven in a Pennsylvania jail is a tragic demonstration once again of the brutalization of the working class and the poor in the American justice system.

Eileen DiNino, 55, the impoverished mother of seven children, was found dead in her cell on Saturday, June 7, less than 24 hours after being placed in jail for being unable to pay mounting truancy fines imposed upon her when several of her children had missed too many days from school.

#états-unis #pauvreté #inégalités #justice