Labor and strikes
Young workers are losing access to pensions — why?
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. […]
Labor and strikes
Labor and strikes
How a Black elevator operator helped forge the SEIU
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 […]
Labor and strikes
Demand for hazard pay spreads on West Coast. Kroger threatens closures
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
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
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
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. […]
Labor and strikes
CTU forces Mayor Lightfoot to back down as Chicago Public Schools continue remote learning
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
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 […]
Labor and strikes
Meatpackers and Trump lie, workers die
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. […]
Labor and strikes
UIC: Largest strike since start of the economic crisis
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 […]