Frontlines

The last several months have been wet. Really wet for what is normal for this …

The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …

This article is from the Speak Out Now newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). …

A report on the economic situation and living conditions in Pakistan. …

Healthcare workers continue to face the reality of Covid during the Omicron wave. …

As Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is finishing its second week of the current semester, it …

The following video report was put out by the New York Times. It is a …

The voice of a fast food worker that faced degrading working conditions and low pay. …

Workers at the Bay Area Rapid Transit system are confronted with the challenges of the latest COVID surge. …

The first few months of this school year were exhausting and demoralizing for educators, as …

A teacher in Baltimore gives a report about conditions in schools during the pandemic. …

My students who were sick were never tested for coronavirus, they eventually returned to school after 10 days, and our classroom was no longer deemed an outbreak. Students deserve safe schools now. …

It is now almost the middle of October, and we’ve been back at school since …

Schools across the United States are reopening without coherent plans of dealing with COVID-19 infections. …

The school I work at and love was experiencing hardship long before the pandemic. We almost never had soap or paper towels in classrooms or bathrooms. And now things are worse. …

With tensions rising between mainland China and Taiwan, many Taiwanese supported Trump’s re-election. …

For months healthcare workers have been called “heroes.” But what we have also seen is an attack on the working conditions of these very same workers. …

There have recently been a number of demonstrations led by healthcare workers …

COVID-19 is not the only virus that needs to be stopped, but also for profit healthcare …

Almost half of workers are making more on unemployment than they do in their regular jobs …

Then comes COVID-19 and our delicately balanced lives as gig workers come tumbling down …

Report From a Childcare Worker: I had to turn them down to keep my family safe, a difficult decision …

BART is operating as if it is business as usual, endangering the lives of workers and riders. …

Although comfort and economic security are great things, they shouldn’t cost time to live …

Report From Someone Trying to Roll Out Accurate Testing and Reporting at a Huge Public University …

Rent is a new concept in human history and one of our modern era’s biggest crimes. Let’s end rent! …

How is it that being poorer means I pay more for health coverage instead of less? …

Perhaps the pandemic can bring about new ways of training and educating healthcare workers. …

Report From a Skilled Nursing Facility: we were already navigating a health care crisis …

Today, nurses reminded Kaiser admin that there are no excuses for their despicable behavior. …

Poetry from an Oakland Kaiser Worker …

To all previously requesting to work at home, management’s actions are like a slap in the face …

From a Mental Health Hotline Worker: No one is in this alone. …

From a Biotech Student: This pandemic begs the question; what kind of world are we graduating into? …

From a Contract Worker: This crisis is demonstrating the precariousness of my situation. …

Frontline Health Care Worker in North Jersey: Our frontline workers are in a chokehold. …

From an Oakland Bus Driver: We can’t afford to wait for someone else to make sure we’re okay. …

From a Bay Area Biotech Worker: The measures that businesses take need to be more than just a facade. …

As Covid-19 has spread to the pacific, so has resistance from its residents. …

From a Bay Area Worker: This crisis has turned our lives upside down. …

Public transit workers are on the front lines and need to be valued as such. …

Oakland Healthcare worker: Only by standing together can we take care of our patients safely. …

Oakland Education Worker:
In the midst of a global pandemic, families face illness, unemployment, eviction, and hunger. …

Bay Area, California Resident:
I haven’t had to get out of bed this early for years. I do because I am not going out like this. …