Labor Movement
Work in the Time of Coronavirus: Lack of PPE Makes it Impossible to “Do No Harm”
A nurse in a city in central North Carolina reveals working conditions at her hospital and how her relationship with her workplace has changed. She and her coworkers are unable to care for patients without potentially exposing themselves, their families, the patients, and each other to COVID-19.
Left Voice
April 9, 2020Harlem Hospital Workers Hold Rally to Demand Immediate Access to PPE
As completely avoidable frontline worker deaths grow, Harlem Hospital workers joined in solidarity with other frontline workers who have staged walk-outs and demonstrations demanding urgent access to PPE to protect themselves, their patients, and their families.
Maryam Alaniz
April 7, 2020“Shock Doctrine” in Higher Ed: Class Struggle in the Pandemic
With the pandemic and economic downturn, faculty are facing the threat of a “shock therapy” in higher education bringing sweeping changes to their working conditions. To meet this crisis, they need to organize for worker and student control of colleges and universities.
Jason Koslowski
April 6, 2020Why Should Teachers Endorse Joe Biden?
They shouldn't. The National Education Association (NEA) has endorsed Joe Biden. The leadership of the teachers' union says Biden has "a deep connection to the work of educators.” A young teacher and NEA member has ten questions about that.
Daniel Nath
April 5, 2020COVID-19 Frontline Workers Blast Trump and Cuomo on National Media for Lack of PPE
Yesterday’s action outside Mount Sinai Hospital - led by rank-and-file frontline workers - brought worldwide media attention to the struggle and demands of nurses and other frontline and essential workers.
Left Voice
April 4, 2020Frontline Healthcare Workers Demand Appropriate PPE, Trained Staffing, and Supplies.
Today, nurses along with other frontline workers came together at Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem to make their voices heard concerning the urgent need for personal protective equipment (PPE) — which they’ve been denied access to by government officials, union leaders, and hospital administrators alike.
Luigi Morris
April 3, 2020Get Militant or Die: Labor Unions in the Age of Crisis
Strongly-worded letters and lobbying campaigns only weaken the power of labor. To survive the interlocking economic, biological, and ecological crises already underway, working people will have to turn their unions into organizations for class struggle.
James Dennis Hoff
April 3, 2020Unemployment Armageddon: 6.6M Jobs Lost in One Week
As unemployment soars, the working class is heading toward an economic disaster like none seen before. Such unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions.
James Dennis Hoff
April 2, 2020Connecticut Workers Put Forward Plan of Action
Connecticut workers have come together and formed the Connecticut Workers Crisis Response committee. This group, made up of union and non-union workers and representing sectors as diverse as hospitality workers and teachers, grocery store workers and pilots, Teamsters and professors, have put forward a Plan of Action that could serve as a template for Crisis Response committees throughout the country.
Ioan Georg
April 2, 2020After 10 Workers Get COVID-19, 1,000 Meatpackers Walk Off the Job in Colorado
On Monday, JBS announced that ten workers at its Greeley, Colorado plant tested positive for COVID-19. In response to this, 1,000 meatpacking workers, members of UFCW Local 7, walked off the job at JBS’s mega 4,000 person processing plant.
Jimena Vergara
April 2, 2020