workers

This relatively unknown piece of history of the Battle of Blair Mountain shows the heroic efforts miners took to defend themselves and challenge their exploitation. …

Today we are sharing an episode of This American Life: “Essential” which shares a range of voices of workers who were deemed essential during the first wave of the pandemic. …

Although there have been similar findings in the past, a new study concluded that the average CEO income in the United States (including from stocks and other non-salary income) is 351 times more than that of the average worker!  …

On June 23 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to give the farm owners the right to bar union organizers from their lands. This is nothing new, the courts have a history of cutting away at workers’ rights when they think the workers are too weak to fight back. …

The Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama lost their unionization drive. This defeat must be viewed in the proper context in order to gain the understanding necessary for victory in the future. …

On April 8, 1952, President Truman ordered the nationalization of the steel mills in an attempt to prevent the workers from striking. …

The government’s ineffective enforcement of workplace safety standards during the pandemic is due to the fundamental pressures of the capitalist system. …

No worker of any race or gender should have their livelihood subjected to pleasing the whims of individual clients. This racist legacy should be abolished, and living wages should be guaranteed for all labor. …

In February of 1834, the women working at the Lowell, Massachusetts textile mills went on strike against a pay cut – an early demonstration of working women’s organizing activity. …

The struggles of the international working class continue, and we draw our inspiration from them. …

Videos from COVID-19 townhall …

Videos of presentations and discussion from April 4, 2020 townhall …

Bolsonaro and the Brazilian bosses don’t think they need to pay attention to what ordinary working people need. …

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. …

“I am angry and I am outraged” is the cry from the heart of a psychologist from Mulhouse hospital …

Amazon confirmed to CNBC that it fired Chris Smalls, a warehouse worker who organized a strike at its Staten Island facility on Monday …

Workers around the country are walking off the job to protest a lack of protective equipment, safety measures, even soap …

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 …

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. …

Truckers and warehouse workers at UPS and FedEx feel they have not choice but to keep showing up, even with coronavirus-like sypmtoms …

The divisions between the rich and poor are infuriatingly clear in 2020 …

Rideshare workers are calling for enforcement of California’s AB5 which would allow them at least three days of paid sick leave …

Now isn’t the time to blindly follow orders from bosses. To make sure our response to coronavirus is safe and just, workers need to take on-the-job action like sick-outs and strikes — as New York City educators have over the past week. …

The capitalist system has created an international crisis of displaced people due to a convergence of factors. …