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Amazon stole the vote! Continue the struggle: Bust racism, not unions

April 16, 2021 Sharon Black
The workers’ movement owes a tremendous debt to the courage of the majority-Black workers in Bessemer, Ala., who stood up to global supply-chain giant Amazon.  What they have accomplished may not be fully measurable at […]
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Stop Kroger’s grocery shut-downs: ‘It’s all about greed’

April 13, 2021 John Parker
Los Angeles — Kroger is the largest supermarket chain in the country. During the pandemic the company increased its profits by 56%, to $2.6 billion, while its workers risked their health and their lives to […]
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National and local organizations demand Kroger stop closing stores over hero pay

April 2, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2021 Media Contacts: Pastor William D. Smart Jr. (SCLC – SoCa) 213-268-3082 wsmart50@yahoo.com John Parker (HTC) 323-899-2003 johnthompsonparker@gmail.com Los Angeles — On April 3rd, community organizations will unite to […]
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Young workers are losing access to pensions — why?

March 12, 2021 Bayani
Do you know what a pension is? Millennials and zoomers — have you heard of pensions? Have you ever had a job that offered one? Some of us have, but we may be the exceptions.  […]
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How a Black elevator operator helped forge the SEIU

March 1, 2021 Stephen Millies
One of the largest unions in the United States is the Service Employees International Union. Two million essential workers belong to it. Hospital workers belonging to 1199SEIU are on the front lines of the coronavirus […]
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Demand for hazard pay spreads on West Coast. Kroger threatens closures

February 27, 2021 Scott Scheffer
  In response to simmering anger, several cities in California as well as the city of Seattle have mandated hazard pay for essential workers. The California Grocers Association is suing and Kroger, the largest supermarket […]
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A Minimum Wage? A Fake Debate

February 23, 2021 Richard D. Wolff
Capitalism’s “conservative” defenders yet again oppose raising the minimum wage. They fought raising it in the past much as they tried to prevent the Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) that first mandated a U.S. minimum […]
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Solidarity with the Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon workers in their fight for a union

February 8, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Open Letter to Jeff Bezos and the Alabama Amazon workers                                                   From former Baltimore Amazon workers Dear Bezos and Amazon workers, We are sending all of our support, love and solidarity to the Bessemer, […]
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The Senate says no to $15

February 6, 2021 Stephen Millies
The United States Senate voted unanimously against raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour. Not a single senator yelled “nay” in a Feb. 4 voice vote that prohibited the pay increase. […]
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CTU forces Mayor Lightfoot to back down as Chicago Public Schools continue remote learning

January 31, 2021 FightBack! News
Teachers demand safety before returning to classrooms Chicago — Students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) stayed home and learned remotely again on Thursday, January 28. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) continued to demand that any […]