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Newsom: Washing His Hands of Our Needs
California governor Gavin Newsom released a revised budget for the state of California on May 14. Who are the targets of his spending cuts? Workers, high-needs students, the elderly …
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Unemployment Purgatory for the Workers, Government Handout Heaven for the Bosses
36.5 million workers had filed for unemployment, but most are waiting to see the funds appear. The viral hashtag #PendingPurgatory explains what it’s been like for working people …
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The Unemployment Paradox
Almost half of workers are making more on unemployment than they do in their regular jobs …
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Cleaners Disinfecting NYC Subway Cars – No Health Benefits!
For the last few years the NYC subway system has cut back the number of unionized cleaning crews, and it shows. …
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We Need Food and Shelter, But We Need the Arts, Too
Then comes COVID-19 and our delicately balanced lives as gig workers come tumbling down …
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What is Bezos Doing to Take One Trillion Dollars?
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s wealth – 138 billion dollars right now – is more than the GDP of over 130 countries across the globe. And it’s only getting bigger. …
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Trump Says, “Planning for Future Pandemics,” but What About This One?
While visiting a medical supply distributor in Pennsylvania last week, Trump announced he is planning for future pandemics. …
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Corporations Demand Immunity from Endangering Workers Exposed to Virus
For several weeks, Trump has been playing on the distress of millions of us who have lost our jobs to rev up support for re-opening businesses …
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Georgia Reopening Will be a Cautionary Tale
As of April 24, the State of Georgia began the process of reopening at the direction of Republican Governor Brian Kemp. …
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France: Hospital Workers Say, “Medals for Our Service? No, Thank You!”
For months, hospital staff in France have been fighting for better pay. Then, during the crisis, they were sent to the front without ammunition: a lack of PPE …
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Left Without Plumbing: Society’s Priorities Exposed
In the U.S. there are 470,000 dwellings with inadequate plumbing. Nearly a million homes lack complete and functioning kitchens. More than 4 million …
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Elon Musk Re-opens Tesla Factory in Fremont
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk went ahead and opened its Fremont, CA plant this Monday, in spite of the Public Health Department order for Alameda County …
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Politicians Blame Workers for Spreading COVID-19
Blame is the name of the game, and with the coronavirus spreading rapidly through meat processing facilities, politicians are playing hard at blaming workers. …
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Irish Extend Help to Navaho and Hopi – Repaying Kindness During Famine
Over two million dollars has been donated by people around the world to help Navajo and Hopi Native American communities get necessary supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. …
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Striking Sanitation Workers Replaced by Prison Labor
Dozens of sanitation workers in New Orleans went on strike for COVID safety equipment last Wednesday, May 6. …
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Iraq: Mass Protests Flare Again in Spite of COVID-19
Mass protests have broken out again in Iraq after the nomination of a new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi. …
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Health Care: Laying off Millions during a Pandemic
We are living through one of the greatest health crises in world history. So why are so many U.S. health care workers out of work? …
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Videos from May Day 2020 Online Celebration
Part 1: Presentation Part 2: 2019 Uprisings Around the World and the COVID-19 Crisis Part …
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COVID-19 Collapsed their Economy, but We’re the Ones Asked to Pay
Although Covid-19 sparked the current economic crisis, it is not the root cause. In late March and early April, experts projected a recession similar to the 2008 “great recession” was coming. …
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Meatpacking Plants are COVID-19 Hotspots
In late April, President Trump ordered that meatpacking plants reopen after they were shut down because of COVID-19. He is more concerned about the companies’ profits than workers’ lives. …
Frontlines
A Time of Difficult Decisions
Report From a Childcare Worker: I had to turn them down to keep my family safe, a difficult decision …
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New York Essential Workers on Night Shift – How Long is the Ride Home?
Starting May 6, New York City’s subway system is shuttered every night between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. for cleaning and disinfecting during the pandemic. …
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Amazon Vice President Grows a Conscience and Quits
On May 1, Tim Bray, Amazon’s Vice President for Web Services, resigned from his position at the company. …
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BART – Safety is Up to the Workers
BART is operating as if it is business as usual, endangering the lives of workers and riders. …
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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 …
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[VIDEO] 2019 Uprisings Around the World and the COVID-19 Crisis
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Pension Cuts are on the Bosses’ Agenda
Senator Mitch McConnell announced a week ago that Congress wouldn’t provide any money to support state government employee pension funds. …
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Lebanon: Massive Protests Continue Despite Pandemic
Huge, often violent, protests have rocked Lebanese cities in recent days. While the COVID-19 crisis may be a contributing factor, they are in fact a continuation of …
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Wall Street has Best Month in Decades Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
The same day it was announced that over 30 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the past six weeks, Wall Street announced it had its best month since 1987. …
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May Day – Celebrate Workers’ Struggles!
The struggles of the international working class continue, and we draw our inspiration from them. …
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Slaughterhouse Conditions – Lethal for Animals… and Workers
There has been a wave of COVID-19 infections in the meatpacking industry throughout the country. …
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Choosing Between Life and Work
On April 13th, Highland Hospital fired a nurse for wearing a trash bag as a gown. …
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The Sanders Campaign: A Balance Sheet and the Way Forward
Sanders was right to say we need a movement, but channeling it into the Democratic Party is a dead end. …
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Germany: Government and Bosses Use the Pandemic to Intensify Working Conditions
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been many exceptions to the labor laws that have resulted in deteriorating working conditions for many. …
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World’s Richest Man Gets Richer! (on the backs of workers risking their lives)
News reports confirm that Jeff Bezos, already far and away the world’s richest man, increased his wealth by $25 BILLION in only six weeks! How did he do this? …
Frontlines
New Nurse Limbo
Perhaps the pandemic can bring about new ways of training and educating healthcare workers. …
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Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell
this article is reprinted from Labor Notes As we head into the fifth month of …
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No Excuses
Today, nurses reminded Kaiser admin that there are no excuses for their despicable behavior. …
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Destroying Food While People Starve
3.7 million. That’s how many gallons of milk are being dumped each day by U.S. dairy farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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Videos of Townhall • COVID-19: Workers From the Frontlines
Videos from COVID-19 townhall …
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Scientists – Take Action!
From a Biotech Student: This pandemic begs the question; what kind of world are we graduating into? …
Frontlines
The American Nightmare
From a Contract Worker: This crisis is demonstrating the precariousness of my situation. …
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Videos From Townhall • Workers’ Lives at Risk
Videos of presentations and discussion from April 4, 2020 townhall …
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A Game of Pretend
From a Bay Area Biotech Worker: The measures that businesses take need to be more than just a facade. …
Frontlines
Hawai’i Residents Fight to Protect Their Communities in the Midst of COVID-19
As Covid-19 has spread to the pacific, so has resistance from its residents. …
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Brazil – The Most Inefficient President in the World Risks Workers’ Lives
Bolsonaro and the Brazilian bosses don’t think they need to pay attention to what ordinary working people need. …
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The Digital Divide
Self-isolation thanks to the coronavirus makes everyone much more dependent on the internet. But lots of families lack reliable access …
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Food Deserts in a Pandemic
Residents of the Douglass Homes “affordable” housing community in Baltimore are organizing with supporters to get food during the coronavirus pandemic …
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Pandemic Stimulus: The Priorities of Their System Laid Bare
The government has rushed in to the rescue – of banks and corporations …
