u.s. working class
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Analysis
Teaching assistants’ strike stops rehabilitation of Confederate statue
The war continues to rage at the Chapel Hill campus over the statue of a Confederate statue known as Silent…
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Militant Journalism
Google walkout draws hundreds in Seattle, thousands worldwide
On November 1, Google employees around the world staged a coordinated walkout to demand that Google take meaningful steps to…
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Part two: Low-wage Disney workers expose issues facing workers across country
As reported here on October 14, Disneyland workers celebrated a huge triumph for labor in September when they voted for…
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Bosses: Clean Up Your Act! Laundry Workers Center fights for worker power
Minimum wage. Overtime pay. Appropriate protective gear. These were the demands that workers at TYS Laundromat in East Harlem fought…
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Salt Lake City program to ‘help’ homeless gives $34 million to cops
In July, 2017 the homeless population of Salt Lake City—especially in the Rio Grande neighborhood—reached an an all-time high.
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Has the current industrial cycle ‘boom’ entered its ‘critical phase’?
On Oct. 10, a day investors may soon refer to as “Black Wednesday,” the U.S. stock market, as measured by…
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Amazon gives workers 13 percent more pay for 50 percent more work
Amazon workers are now being paid less for the work they do even with the wage increase.
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Militant Journalism
PSL: Standing in solidarity with National Prison Strike
A round-up of PSL actions in solidarity with the National Prison Strike.
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Activists in solidarity with Prison Strike speak out against Bristol County Jail and sheriff
On Sept. 8, 30 activists and organizers rallied outside Bristol County Jail, Rhode Island.
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UNITE HERE Local 26 holds massive picket to gear up for potential strike
The demonstration ended with workers chanting “We’ll be back, we’ll be back!”
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