Labor and strikes

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 […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2021 Media Contacts: Pastor William D. Smart Jr. (SCLC – SoCa) 213-268-3082 ws******@***oo.com John Parker (HTC) 323-899-2003 jo****************@***il.com Los Angeles — On April 3rd, community organizations will unite to […]

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.  […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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, […]