Safety Net with Huge Holes – Alameda Health System Attacks Healthcare Workers
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. …
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. …
On August 16, it was under this slogan that tens of thousands gathered in Minsk with flowers, balloons and flags …
The brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops turned out to be the last straw for hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. …
This public health crisis has provided a rationale for employers to strengthen their hand against workers …
There have recently been a number of demonstrations led by healthcare workers …
Public transit, like the rest of our society is in an extraordinary crisis …
Workers at Highland Hospital are walking out for the safety of their patients and themselves …
The southern side of the U.S.-Mexico border is dotted with maquilas – companies contracted with U.S. corporations to run factories employing workers at poverty wages …
Workers at a Whole Foods in MA staged a walkout on July 1 to protest management’s decision to not allow employees to wear Black Lives Matter masks …
On June 22, shipbuilders at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, went on strike due to a contract dispute …
“The master class has always declared the war, the subject class has always fought the battles …
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus driver Erek Slater was suspended from his job in early June after attempting to …
The question in front of us is whether we look to others for reforms or whether we stay mobilized and look to ourselves? …
Demonstrations in Support of Palestinians (May 17, 2021) {Bay area .pdf} {Baltimore .pdf} {New Jersey …
On June 5, Trump proclaimed unemployment was falling thanks to his effort to “reopen” the economy, regardless of health risks …
Everyone is affected by the pandemic, but women workers face a terrible combination of challenges. …
As the pandemic continues, University of California is crying poor …
All the pent up anger, all the weeks of being stuck at home, all the worry about getting sick, all the economic hardship, all the anxiety about the future, combined with the history of systemic racism dating back to slavery led to a response that exploded into the streets. …
On June 3, former Defense Secretary James Mattis released a statement condemning Donald Trump …
On June 4, protesters in Hong Kong held their annual vigil for the victims at Tienanmen Square …
In Washington, D.C. on Monday, protesters were faced with pepper-spray and the threat of arrest …
It isn’t a question of what any individual chooses to do, even if they choose not to follow orders …
Bus drivers in NYC and Minneapolis have refused to help police crack down on protesters …
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities and towns all over the country in protest and demonstrations, day after day and into the night, saying – No More! …
Ford workers forced their assembly line to shut down at the Dearborn, MI truck assembly plant. …
Thousands across the country are protesting the horrific racist police murder of George Floyd …
As businesses reopen, those who still have jobs must think about how much protection there will be …
The Oakland teachers strike of 2019 was part of a nationwide movement to defend public education. …
On April 9, George Leigh, a worker at Amazon’s DNY4 distribution center in Bethpage, New York, he died as a result of COVID-19. …
22 million Americans have lost their jobs and are scrambling to figure out what to do, but the billionaires in the U.S. have increased their wealth by 10%. …
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 …
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 …
Almost half of workers are making more on unemployment than they do in their regular jobs …
For the last few years the NYC subway system has cut back the number of unionized cleaning crews, and it shows. …
Then comes COVID-19 and our delicately balanced lives as gig workers come tumbling down …
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. …
While visiting a medical supply distributor in Pennsylvania last week, Trump announced he is planning for future pandemics. …
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 …
As of April 24, the State of Georgia began the process of reopening at the direction of Republican Governor Brian Kemp. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Blame is the name of the game, and with the coronavirus spreading rapidly through meat processing facilities, politicians are playing hard at blaming workers. …
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. …
Dozens of sanitation workers in New Orleans went on strike for COVID safety equipment last Wednesday, May 6. …
Mass protests have broken out again in Iraq after the nomination of a new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi. …
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? …
Part 1: Presentation Part 2: 2019 Uprisings Around the World and the COVID-19 Crisis Part …
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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