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Amid Calls for a General Strike, Labor Will Shut Down 29 Ports on Juneteenth
The strength of police unions within larger unions is a barrier labor must confront during and after the port shutdowns.
Why Is the University of California Punishing Students During a Pandemic?
UC Santa Cruz is pushing punitive measures against student workers involved in wildcat strikes this past winter.
Workers Are Afraid of Returning to Work. Will There Be a General Strike?
Calls for a general strike are growing as millions of people consider going back to work after months of quarantine.
Essential Sanitary Workers Strike for Hazard Pay and PPE in New Orleans
The work stoppage entered its second week on Wednesday, highlighting the pitfalls of privatizing public services.
Following Mexico’s Worker Strikes, the US Steps in to Keep Border Factories Open
When workers protested the illegal operation of the factories, the law was changed to deem the factories “essential.”
Essential Workers Across the US Went on Strike Friday
Workers around the United States report back on the coordinated strikes that took place on May Day.
Target, Amazon, Instacart Workers Demand Safe Conditions and Pandemic Relief
This May Day, an unprecedented coalition of essential workers are calling out sick or walking out.
COVID-19 Underscores Why We Need to Make May Day Radical Again
The pandemic has made clear that our survival depends on rejecting our life of precarious drudgery under capitalism.
Amid Pandemic, Workers Walk Out, Building Momentum Toward General Strike
Instacart, Whole Foods and Amazon workers are walking off the job to demand better pay and protections amid COVID-19.
Trump Will Feed You to COVID-19 to Keep the Money Happy
If Trump blows off the COVID-19 warnings, we the people must refuse to listen.