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Essential Workers Take Action on May Day
On May 1, International Workers’ Day, some workers at Amazon, Instacart, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, and Shipt took action …
On May 1, International Workers’ Day, some workers at Amazon, Instacart, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, and Shipt took action …
On Monday, General Electric (GE) factory workers held demonstrations at two different plants, with the demand that the company use its aviation factories to produce ventilators. …
Instacart, a company that lets you order groceries online and have them delivered from your favorite stores, has seen a boom in business since the coronavirus has forced people to stay home. …
Amazon workers in New York at the Staten Island warehouse went on strike on Monday the 30th, demanding that Amazon shut down their shipping center to get it cleaned for Covid-19. …
Employees in New York facility say they have to ‘force company’s hand’ to act and accuse company of poor communication …
Around 100 workers at one of Northern Ireland’s main poultry manufacturers have walked out over concerns their employer has not taken proper steps to protect them from coronavirus. …
Italy is the Western European country where the coronavirus pandemic spread first and where its tragic effects are being felt the most. …
The coronavirus has turned all of our lives upside-down. While all of the major sports …
We, the working class, have a rich history of struggle, even if it’s not what …
Year after year Kaiser has continued to increase its membership and its profits. Last year …
Seven thousand hotel workers across the U.S. are on strike against Marriott, the world’s largest …
Karl Marx was born 200 years ago on May 5th, and his birthday was celebrated …
Tens of thousands of workers demonstrated across France on May Day protesting the policies of …
There are certain years that are pivotal in history, when cataclysmic changes in consciousness take place and this paradigm shift spreads contagiously. …
Russian workers led the people of Russia in an effort to build a better world, and they reached out to help the rest of the international working class to do the same …
In 1871 the workers of Paris were “ready to storm heaven.” …
In 1941, tens of thousands of auto workers at the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, overcame many obstacles to build a union from the bottom up …
In 1912, in the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, 25,000 workers went on strike. …
Revolutionary University October 2016 Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East …
The Minneapolis strikes of 1934 have always occupied a special place in the historical understanding of the Trotskyist movement …
In 1877, a strike erupted across the U.S. which newspapers called an “insurrection” and even …
Remembering the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike, Genora Johnson …
1946 Oakland General Strike, recalled by a participant: Stan Weir …
One of the most important working-class holidays originated in the United States in the 1880s …
The Industrial Workers of the World was founded in Chicago in 1905 …
The Seattle General Strike as recorded by the strikers, recounting the extraordinary story of the working people of an entire city coming together to run their city in their interests. …
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