Labor action news from around the Americas, courtesy the folks over at WSWS.org:
• Peru – Gold miners threaten strike over wages, retirement, and working conditions.
• Urugay – Municipal employees strike in Concepción during contract talks.
• Argentina – Teachers in Catamarca stage a work slowdown over wages and subsidy maintenance.
• Mexico – Teachers’ strike slated for November; Sonoran copper miners striking since July.
• United States – Pennsylvania legislature works to abolish teacher strikes; California sanitation workers (Teamster’s Local 396) reject contract proposal, strike against Waste Management.
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