Labor Movement
Labor Unions Demand Justice For George Floyd
Labor Unions across the country have issued statements condemning the killing of George Floyd, but statements are not enough. To defeat racist police violence, we need a fighting labor movement willing to strike for justice.
James Dennis Hoff
May 30, 2020New York City Bus Drivers Defy the NYPD, Refuse to Transport Arrested Protesters
At Friday’s protests against the police murder of George Floyd, NYC bus drivers were called upon to transport arrested protesters. The bus drivers refused. Unions must develop this solidarity towards a strike against police brutality.
Tatum Regan
May 30, 2020Health Care Workers Call on Labor Movement to Take Action Against Police and Racist Violence
A group of socialist health care workers put forward a statement in solidarity with actions against police and racist violence, demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and Sean Reed, and call on unions and healthcare organizations to take up this struggle.
Left Voice
May 29, 2020The Cops: Racists and Strike Breakers
Cops are not workers; they are tools of capitalist oppression, and as such they have no place in the labor movement. Unions should stand with the protesters against racist police violence.
Ioan Georg
May 29, 2020Minneapolis Bus Drivers Refuse to Cooperate with Cops
Amidst widespread protesting in Minneapolis over the murder of George Floyd, some Minneapolis bus drivers are refusing to help cops. They will not use their buses to transport protesters to jail. Other labor sectors should follow suit and must strike against police terror and violence.
Allison Noel
May 29, 2020No Evil Foods, a Vegan Meat Company, Cashes in on Revolutionary Politics While Busting Unions
No Evil Foods, a vegan meat company, cashes in on leftist politics with products such as “Comrade Cluck” and “El Zapitista” while spending thousands of dollars to dissuade employees from unionizing.
Kimberly Ann
May 28, 2020CUNY Faculty Organize Against Layoffs and Tuition Hikes
CUNY faculty are facing mass layoffs and the rank and file are fighting back. Below we share a list of demands written by the group Rank and File Action, CUNY, which is building a campaign to withhold spring grades in protest.
Left Voice
May 25, 2020Frontline Healthcare Workers Are Becoming Socialists
"Seeing coworkers die due to greed radicalizes." Frontline healthcare workers in the United States are becoming critical of capitalism. Révolution Permanente, our sister site in France, spoke with four healthcare workers in New York City and Washington, D.C.: Mike Pappas, Tre Kwon, Jillian Primiano, and Shreya Mahajan are members of Left Voice.
Révolution Permanente
May 25, 2020CUNY Union Bureaucracy Silences Members
Faculty at the City University of New York are facing massive layoffs in the fall, but the PSC CUNY union that represents them has so far done little to resist, choosing instead to silence many of its most active and engaged members.
Olivia Wood
May 23, 2020My Mom Got COVID-19 and I Can’t Even Socially Distance From Her
This interview was conducted with Jean Francois, a medical student in New York, whose mother is a Patient Care Associate at a New York hospital. Her mother contracted COVID-19 due to her exposure at her job and because of the inadequate PPE she was provided.
Left Voice
May 20, 2020