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Bronx produce workers fight for justice

January 23, 2021 Stephen Millies
Bulletin: Because of the courage of the striking workers, and the support given to them by the community, a tentative agreement was reached Jan. 22. The 8.6 million people living in the Big Apple eat […]
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Meatpackers and Trump lie, workers die

September 21, 2020 Stephen Millies
Saul Sanchez didn’t have to die from the coronavirus. The 78-year-old worker at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo., died on April 7. His fellow workers, his six children and 12 grandchildren mourn him. […]
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UIC: Largest strike since start of the economic crisis

September 21, 2020 Joe Iosbaker
Chicago, Sept. 17 — The strike of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 and the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) shows no sign of ending. Starting […]
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County workers picket anti-union politician

June 19, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
By a Local 1994 steward and bargaining committee member Takoma Park, Md. — Bus drivers, librarians, nurses, clerical workers, teachers, sanitation workers — workers of all vocations — picketed the home of Montgomery County Councilmember […]
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J-1 workers speak out on exploitative State Department labor program

May 22, 2020 Bayani
“It all started with the sudden terminations of all J-1s,” said Mary Lee Philline Camello, calling in from Hot Springs, Va. “Instead of receiving termination letters, we were informed via phone call, video chat or […]
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Sanitation workers in New Orleans on strike to demand better conditions and pay

May 8, 2020 Peoples Dispatch
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, across the world workers on the frontlines of the battle against the spread of the disease have been organizing to demand that governments and employers provide them greater […]
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Hands off the post office!

May 3, 2020 Stephen Millies
The post office is needed now more than ever. Postal workers are delivering prescription medicines and plenty of other mail and packages to people’s homes during this health crisis. They’re doing so at the risk […]
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#MayDay2020 Chris Silvera, Teamsters Local 808 & Million Worker March organizer speaks

May 2, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Chris Silvera is the Secretary -Treasurer and the Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 808 in Long Island City, New York. Local 808 represents a diverse group of workers including railroad, building maintenance, factory and public […]
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May Day 2020: Strike, don’t die for Trump and capitalism!

April 29, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
When the workers of the world awaken on May 1, 2020, they will confront a global situation that is very different from just a year ago.  Then, the latest capitalist crisis was only taking shape. […]
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ILWU Local 10 says: ‘Unite all working people on May Day’

April 24, 2020 International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10
Our union is facing some historic challenges. The collapse of the world economy and the threat of the coronavirus to our members, families and communities have become a life and death question. While we are […]