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Community groups file injunction to stop Kroger store closings

May 8, 2021 Struggle-La Lucha Los Angeles bureau
May 5 — Today community and social-justice organizations held a news conference announcing the filing of an injunction to stop the closing of Kroger-owned grocery stores in Los Angeles County. The coalition is first trying […]
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Baltimore May Day: Bust racism, not unions!

May 7, 2021 Sharon Black and Ian Schlakman
On May Day, the Peoples Power Assembly held a two-mile march and car caravan that ended at Baltimore City Hall, where participants held a United Workers’ Assembly. Workers spoke on many of the major issues […]
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Los Angeles May Day caravan vs. Kroger

May 7, 2021 John Parker
On May 1, Los Angeles community organizations, civil rights and church organizations, and unions mobilized for a third unified demonstration — this time a car caravan. The coalition demanded the end to Kroger’s planned grocery […]
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Why delivery workers across the planet are rising up against exploitation

April 29, 2021 Taroa Zuñiga Silva
On February 22, 2019, at 6 p.m., a car crashed into Servio Hernández’s motorcycle. Hernández, a Venezuelan migrant in Chile, was hit while he was in the middle of making a delivery for PedidosYa, a branch […]
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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 [email protected] John Parker (HTC) 323-899-2003 [email protected] 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 […]