Labor and strikes

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Two, three, many Striketobers!

October 18, 2021 Stephen Millies
The U.S. working class is waking up angry and defiant. More than 100,000 workers are on strike from coast to coast. Here are some of the biggest battles that broke out during “Striketober”: 10,000 members […]
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Union victory for NOLA city workers as council ratifies $15 minimum wage

October 17, 2021 Gregory E. Williams
On Oct. 7, the New Orleans City Council ratified a $15-an-hour minimum wage for city workers, effective in January. This will be $3.81 more than the paltry $11.19 minimum currently in place.   Because of sky-rocketing […]
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Nabisco starts to crumble under strike pressure, struggle continues

September 24, 2021 Greg Butterfield
After five weeks on strike against snack company Nabisco and its parent monopoly, Mondelez International, workers represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers’ International Union (BCTGM) voted to approve a new contract […]
Letmeout
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Never forget the Hamlet fire: Capitalist greed killed 25 workers

September 8, 2021 Stephen Millies
Twenty-five workers were killed on Sept. 3, 1991, when a fire broke out at the Imperial Foods chicken plant in Hamlet, N.C. Workers choked to death from heavy black smoke after a deep-fat fryer ignited. […]
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Happy Labor Day — now drop dead

September 6, 2021 Stephen Millies
At least 7.5 million workers will lose all their unemployment benefits on Sept. 6. Another 3 million workers will lose part of their income. That’s how the capitalist government celebrates Labor Day. Two million workers […]
Justiceforjanitors
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Justice for Janitors fighting big tech, big banks for a fair contract

August 29, 2021 Scott Scheffer
Thousands of janitors across California have taken to the streets to fight for a fair union contract. On June 15, hundreds of janitors held a commemorative march in downtown Los Angeles. The action marked the […]
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Unemployed Workers Union and workers’ power in the pandemic crisis

August 19, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Struggle-La Lucha questioned Sharon Black, an organizer with the Unemployed Workers Union in Baltimore. Following are her answers. How did the Unemployed Workers Union get started? You could say the initial effort began at the […]
Justiceforsebastian
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Stop killing workers with heat!

August 14, 2021 Stephen Millies
There’s nothing natural about the heat waves and massive forest fires scorching the earth. Capitalist climate change is unnatural.  Record high temperatures in the western United States and Canada are matched by temperatures of 100 […]
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Frito-Lay workers win strike against ‘suicide shifts’

August 9, 2021 Scott Scheffer
Workers at the Frito-Lay factory in Topeka, Kansas, held their ground and won a favorable union contract after a solid three-week walkout. Frito-Lay is owned by PepsiCo and operates 30 other manufacturing centers throughout the […]
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Labor and strikes

Baltimore’s unemployed workers speak out

August 1, 2021 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
Coming off its second court victory against Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s plan to cut off federal pandemic unemployment relief early, the Unemployed Workers Union planned a Town Hall Assembly at Baltimore City Hall on July […]