Labor Movement
CUNY Faculty On Verge of Wildcat Strike
After several hundred adjuncts were laid off at John Jay College, CUNY faculty --- rank and file members of the PSC --- have organized a wildcat strike to withhold spring grades.
James Dennis Hoff
May 19, 2020The Head of the AFL-CIO Is Infected — With Union Bureaucrat-itis
In this crisis, the response from union leaders has left much to be desired. Nowhere is this more evident than in a recent address by the president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka. He offers only a “cure-all” bill in Congress, but a healthy labor movement would fight in strikes and in the streets.
Leo Zino
May 18, 2020“Calling Us Heroes While Trying to Eliminate Our Hazard Pay.” An Interview with a Grocery Worker
In our ongoing series of Workers’ Testimonials in the pandemic, Left Voice hears from Hank Kennedy, a young worker at a Detroit grocery store fighting for stronger safety measures and better pay on an essential job.
Left Voice
May 16, 2020It’s Bigger Than Scrubs – My Termination From United Hospital ER
After years of austerity measures and failing safety protocols at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota an ER nurse advocated for patient and workplace safety. He was fired for speaking out.
Cliff Willmeng
May 12, 2020The Unemployment Catastrophe Continues
The Bureau of Labor Statistics latest reports show that the U.S. unemployment rate has reached 14.7 percent. Now is the time for unemployed councils and an “essential workers” fight back.
Ioan Georg
May 9, 2020Underlying Cause of Death: Coronavirus or Manslaughter?
As Covid-19 mortality begins to slow and those infected begin to recover, the disease’s emotional impact on frontline workers is ramping up in the form of frontline burnout and suicide. The U.S. healthcare system was ill-prepared for a pandemic and the fallout will shine an unforgiving light on the notoriously-broken mental health system in this country.
Jimena Vergara
May 8, 2020Taking Out the Trash: New Orleans Sanitation Workers Call a Strike
Sanitation workers in New Orleans announced on May 5 that they were going on strike. The workers are demanding hazard play and protective equipment in light of the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Sybil Davis
May 6, 2020May Day Action at Amazon Warehouse in Staten Island
On #MayDay dozens of nurses and other frontline workers came out to show solidarity for Amazon workers facing life-threatening working conditions during an action in front of the Amazon Warehouse in Staten Island . This demonstration was just one example of how workers facing common struggles can come together to show their power and amplify their shared demands as the working class. #PPEOverProfit #ProtectAmazonWorkers
Luigi Morris
May 5, 2020Work in the Time of Coronavirus: “Walgreens is a Billion-Dollar Company, But They Do Not Care About Their Employees At All”
A technician at a Walgreens pharmacy in New York talks about working conditions during the pandemic. He is considered an “essential” worker. He and his coworkers are forced to face many of the dangers that frontline workers in hospitals are facing.
Left Voice
May 5, 2020Trump Leads Workers to the Slaughter, Re-Opens Meat Packing Plants
Most of the largest meat processing facilities were forced to close due to dangerous working conditions and high infection rates among employees. President Trump has just signed an executive order forcing factories to re-open, endangering workers’ lives in order to secure meat industry profits.
Kimberly Ann
April 29, 2020