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Chelsie Acosta, Salt Lake Education Association Vice President, cheers with other educators and union members in opposition to HB 267: Public Sector Labor Union Amendments, at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 31, 2025
TRADE unions representing US government workers are suing President Donald Trump’s administration in an effort to stop the foreign assistance agency being closed down.
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency launched an assault on the US Agency for International Development (USAid) last week, blocking staff from using internal systems and placing thousands of workers on administrative leave.
The Trump administration reportedly slashed the workforce from more than 10,000 to fewer than 300 employees on Thursday.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
From terrifying the children of immigrants to pepper-spraying frogs, the US under Trump is rapidly descending into mayhem, writes Linda Pentz Gunter