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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 […]
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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 […]