The MTA’s COVID19 Response Is Killing NYC Workers

On March 19, at least 23 New York City transit workers had already tested positive for the Coronavirus. By April 8, 41 MTA workers had died, more than 1,100 tested positive, and 5,600 were in quarantine. Yet the city continues to pack workers into trains with reduced service.

In Italy, Death Is Everywhere, but Bosses Want to Keep Businesses Open

While the coronavirus pandemic rages across Italy, killing thousands, and the country continues to be under shutdown, workers are being forced to report to work in non-essential industries by bosses who refuse to stop production.

Luxury Construction is Essential…for the Capitalist State

Luxury construction projects in New York are still in full swing despite Governor Cuomo’s order to halt all “nonessential” construction. Workers should not have to choose between losing income and unsafe working conditions. All luxury construction must be halted immediately and the construction of hospitals and other necessary facilities needed to fight the coronavirus must be prioritized instead. 

Workers’ Control: From the Experience of the French Miners’ Delegates to the COVID-19 Crisis

Miners in 19th century France formed committees in order to monitor working conditions and fight for safety regulations. As many workers across the world today continue to work in the midst of the pandemic, many of them risking exposure in unsafe and unsanitary conditions, the example of these "miners' delegates" is an invaluable illustration of the power of workers' control to fight for better conditions.

Pandemic, the Left, and Workers’ Power

In the face of the economic and public health crisis triggered  by the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Left oscillates between mutual aid efforts and parliamentary impotence. We need to take part in workers’ struggles today and prepare for the coming upsurge. 

The World Needs Ventilators, General Electric Workers Want to Make Them

Factories that once produced jet engines may soon be producing ventilators if General Electric workers have their way. They demonstrated on Monday, March 30th, at a Massachusetts aviation facility and at GE’s corporate headquarters in Boston, demanding that factories that would otherwise be idle be used in the fight against Covid-19.

They Flattened the Curve, but at What Cost? Interview with a Worker in South Korea

A socialist in South Korea speaks out about the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the steps that must be taken by the international working class to fight against the crisis.

Italy Calls General Strike: “Our Lives Are Worth More Than Your Profits”

Although Italy is on lockdown, many non-essential sectors are still going to work. Today a general strike is being called to protest the government's insistence on maintaining "business as usual" in the face of a devastating pandemic.

Work in the Time of Coronavirus: Every Single Day, I Dread Going to Work

A grocery store worker shares their perspective on being forced to work during a pandemic and the widespread fear gripping the public.