Tag: cost of living
Social Security benefits to rise 3.2% in 2024 after 8.7% hike for 2023
The Social Security Administration said its 2024 cost-of-living adjustment will be 3.2%, a much smaller bump than the 8.7% increase seniors and other beneficiaries received this year. Mark Miller, a contributor to The New York…
UK teachers join nationwide strike wave
TRNN heads to a protest in central London and speaks directly with striking teachers, pupils, and other unions who have came out for Britain’s largest strike in a decade. This video is part of a…
French national strikes against pension reforms continue despite police repression
On January 31st, France saw widespread strikes as workers across the country took to the streets to protest against the government’s proposed pension reforms. Producer: T. Kelly Videographer: Timothée Zourabichvili Video editors: Timothée Zourabichvili &…
Tory austerity, Ukraine War inflation behind UK postal workers’ strike
Massive mobilizations and strikes have been witnessed in the UK over the last couple of months against the Tory government for failing to tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis. Postal workers, railway workers, public…
Greece now has the highest energy costs in the EU. These workers are fighting back.
Read the transcript of this video: https://therealnews.com/greek-workers-resist-soaring-energy-prices-from-eu-imposed-privatization-and-ukraine-war Thousands of Greek workers have mobilized against runaway energy and fuel prices in recent weeks. Although spiking fuel and energy prices are now a global phenomenon tied to…
Inside the UK’s first Amazon strike
Amazon’s business, and Jeff Bezos’s wealth, expanded at a dizzying pace over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic; meanwhile, Amazon workers continue to burn out from the relentless pace of work and are struggling to…
Women strike in Barcelona for fair pay, migrant justice, and more
The degradation of women’s labor and social standing is a global feature of capitalism. In Barcelona, Catalonia, 60,000 women took to the streets for a one-day general strike called by Spanish union CGT on International…
