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Rich Auto Companies Cry Poverty

September 20, 2023

Capitalists and capitalist corporations – even wealthy and powerful ones like Amazon, Ford and General …

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The Cobalt Mine That Never Was

August 10, 2023

The so-called capitalist transition to green energy has a problem: it isn’t profitable to produce cobalt, a …

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BART– the Land Baron: Displaced Coliseum Connections Tenants 

July 27, 2023

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BART – How Do They Think? Do They? 

July 27, 2023

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

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New Hires 

June 17, 2023

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

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Solidarity on Striking Writers’ Picket Lines

June 3, 2023

On May 2, TV and movie writers went on strike for the first time in …

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Transport Worker Cuts Impact Kaiser Care

May 4, 2023

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …

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Safety – It’s On Who? 

April 30, 2023

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

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Mask & COVID Vaccine Mandates Ending April 3!

April 6, 2023

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …

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Chocolate Factory Explosion 

March 29, 2023

In the early evening of Friday, March 24, an explosion killed 7 workers and hospitalized several others …

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32 States Cut Back Food Assistance 

March 19, 2023

Food stamp programs are being slashed in 32 states. These cuts will affect 30 million …

Articles

Voices From the Frontlines – Notes of An Airport Worker in Torrential Rain

March 1, 2023

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

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Mental Health Crises

March 1, 2023

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BART – Ignoring Reality 

January 28, 2023

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Tenants and Workers: Similar Issues

January 25, 2023

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

Frontlines

A Return Trip Home to Pakistan

February 14, 2022

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

Frontlines

So, You Thought it was Over? – A Day in the Life of a Healthcare Worker During the Omicron Wave

February 8, 2022

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

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From the Frontlines: Johns Hopkins University Goes Fully In-Person Amidst Its Greatest COVID Surge

February 3, 2022

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

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The Real Cause of the Crisis in Our Hospitals: Greed (New York Times)

January 24, 2022

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

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Frontlines: Fast Food Worker Hell

January 23, 2022

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

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BART: Infections Everywhere, Safety Nowhere

January 23, 2022

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

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An Oakland School Teacher – On the Pandemic Frontlines

January 20, 2022

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

Frontlines

A Report from the Frontline:  Teaching during COVID in a Baltimore County Public School

January 11, 2022

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

Education

Oakland: Report from the Classroom

November 14, 2021

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. …

Education

Update from an Oakland teacher: “Our safety depends on us”

October 13, 2021

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

Education

Back to School… with COVID!

September 1, 2021

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

Education

Oakland: Joy and Terror on the First Day Back at School

August 21, 2021

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. …

Frontlines

Taiwan and the U.S. Presidential Election

November 15, 2020

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

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Safety Net with Huge Holes – Alameda Health System Attacks Healthcare Workers

August 24, 2020

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. …

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Healthcare Workers are Not Giving Up

August 4, 2020

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

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Profits Over People in Primary Care

June 18, 2020

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

Frontlines

The Unemployment Paradox

May 20, 2020

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

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We Need Food and Shelter, But We Need the Arts, Too

May 19, 2020

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

Frontlines

A Time of Difficult Decisions

May 7, 2020

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

Frontlines

BART – Safety is Up to the Workers

May 4, 2020

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

Frontlines

Working From Home – Unlimited Free Labor for Bosses

May 4, 2020

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

Frontlines

Why is Testing So Slow? An Insider’s Perspective

May 1, 2020

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

Frontlines

Rent Forgiveness & the Unforgivable Concept of Rent

April 30, 2020

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

Frontlines

Who Deserves Healthcare?

April 27, 2020

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

Frontlines

New Nurse Limbo

April 23, 2020

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

Frontlines

A Healthcare Crisis Made Worse

April 22, 2020

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

Frontlines

No Excuses

April 20, 2020

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

Frontlines

An Ode to Capitalism

April 20, 2020

Poetry from an Oakland Kaiser Worker …

Frontlines

Coronavirus: Demonstrating the Possible

April 18, 2020

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

Frontlines

We’re All in This Together

April 15, 2020

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

Articles

Scientists – Take Action!

April 13, 2020

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

Frontlines

The American Nightmare

April 13, 2020

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

Frontlines

The COVID-19 Chokehold

April 12, 2020

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

Frontlines

We Have to Protect Our Interests 

April 9, 2020

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

Frontlines

A Game of Pretend

April 8, 2020

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

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