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Wildcat Strikes Sweep Washington’s Fruit Packing Industry as Workers Seek Safety Against Covid-19
On May 7, fruit packers at Allan Brothers walked off the job to protest conditions made deadly by the pandemic.
Low-wage workers rebel against abuse
Essential and angry! Overwhelmed workers, most of them underpaid women, immigrants and people of color, are bringing unions and communities together in protest.
Farmworkers in daily peril
In the middle of an historic pandemic, the government has rightly declared farmworkers essential to the food supply chain. As a former farmworker, I know it takes hard labor to plant and process the food that feeds everyone. Immigrants do most of this work. But documented or undocumented, the U.S. has never treated them as… Read more »
Labor Weather Report, April 2020
A glance at how some workers and their unions are faring in the class struggle.
The General Strike: vital tool of workers’ power
This classic tactic unites broad sections of the working class and asserts workers’ power and ability as few other actions can.
Women’s free labor
A stunning downloadable infographic. Every day, women provide 12.5 billion hours of free work, an annual monetary value of $10.8 trillion.
Letters to the editor – February 2020
Readers weigh in on: campus strikes in the U.K., and not voting in the U.S.
Double-dealing as usual for Democratic Party
Looking at international trade deals, healthcare, and labor law.
Dying to work at Amazon: the human cost of obscene profits
Speedups, government collusion and phony health clinics produce serious injuries and death. They also spur revolt.
