Class Struggle

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. …

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 …

Featured image credit: Faeez Safedien

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. …

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. …

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. …