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. …
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. …
Report From a Childcare Worker: I had to turn them down to keep my family safe, a difficult decision …
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. …
On May 1, Tim Bray, Amazon’s Vice President for Web Services, resigned from his position at the company. …
BART is operating as if it is business as usual, endangering the lives of workers and riders. …
On May 1, International Workers’ Day, some workers at Amazon, Instacart, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, and Shipt took action …
Senator Mitch McConnell announced a week ago that Congress wouldn’t provide any money to support state government employee pension funds. …
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 …
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. …
The struggles of the international working class continue, and we draw our inspiration from them. …
There has been a wave of COVID-19 infections in the meatpacking industry throughout the country. …
On April 13th, Highland Hospital fired a nurse for wearing a trash bag as a gown. …
Sanders was right to say we need a movement, but channeling it into the Democratic Party is a dead end. …
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there have been many exceptions to the labor laws that have resulted in deteriorating working conditions for many. …
May Day 2020 • International Workers Day An Online Celebration Sat. May 2, 4pm (PDT), …
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? …
Perhaps the pandemic can bring about new ways of training and educating healthcare workers. …
this article is reprinted from Labor Notes As we head into the fifth month of …
Today, nurses reminded Kaiser admin that there are no excuses for their despicable behavior. …
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. …
Videos from COVID-19 townhall …
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. …
Saturday • April 18 • 10:30am (PDT) …
Videos of presentations and discussion from April 4, 2020 townhall …
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. …
Bolsonaro and the Brazilian bosses don’t think they need to pay attention to what ordinary working people need. …
Self-isolation thanks to the coronavirus makes everyone much more dependent on the internet. But lots of families lack reliable access …
Residents of the Douglass Homes “affordable” housing community in Baltimore are organizing with supporters to get food during the coronavirus pandemic …
The government has rushed in to the rescue – of banks and corporations …
Many workers are shocked that they are being made to return to work with promises of protective equipment when hospitals are short of it. …
Written notes from the meeting, attended by CEO Jeff Bezos, detail Amazon’s strategy to fight union organizing, as well as efforts to obtain COVID-19 tests and protective masks for workers. …
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. …
You would think that to fight the coronavirus, the government would pull together the best minds among relevant researchers and health care providers, decide what needs to get done, get industry to make the necessary supplies …
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. …
“I am angry and I am outraged” is the cry from the heart of a psychologist from Mulhouse hospital …
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. …
Amazon confirmed to CNBC that it fired Chris Smalls, a warehouse worker who organized a strike at its Staten Island facility on Monday …
California’s roughly 400,000 agricultural workers are deemed essential, but often without proper safety measures or guaranteed benefits …
Workers around the country are walking off the job to protest a lack of protective equipment, safety measures, even soap …
Employees in New York facility say they have to ‘force company’s hand’ to act and accuse company of poor communication …
California has the worst housing crisis in the country—so bad that, when Governor Gavin Newsom took office, in 2019, he used his inaugural address to call for a “Marshall Plan for affordable housing,” …
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed some of the inherent shortcomings of the capitalist economic system. The recent labeling of “essential employees” during quarantine highlights the indispensability of certain jobs …
European countries are paying to preserve jobs during the coronavirus crisis. Sadly for American workers, the United States is charting its own path. …
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. …
For the past couple of weeks, nurses at Kaiser Hospital have been caring for patients that came from the Grand Princess cruise ship and tested positive for coronavirus. Although there was time for the hospital to prepare before the ship docked, management implemented a training scheme only after the first confirmed cases of patients with Covid-19 arrived. …
Nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California could be fired immediately for wearing their own face masks, according to unions representing nurses at the facilities …
Italy is the Western European country where the coronavirus pandemic spread first and where its tragic effects are being felt the most. …
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