Labor Movement
Open Letter to Palestinian Healthcare Workers from NYC Healthcare Workers
A healthcare worker in New York City shared an open letter to Palestinian Healthcare Workers at last Friday’s rally by Healthcare Workers for Palestine in City Hall Park. Here we reproduce that open letter.
Cindy Samantha
November 8, 2023Stop the Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Healthcare Voices
Institutions around the world are cracking down on pro-Palestinian healthcare voices as part of an effort to further enable Israel’s ongoing genocidal campaign.
Mike Pappas
November 1, 2023New York Healthcare Workers Demand an Immediate End to the Bombings in Gaza
Rank-and-File healthcare workers in New York City will rally and hold a vigil on November 3 in solidarity with Palestine. They are demanding an immediate end to Israel’s attacks on Gaza that have killed thousands of people, including healthcare workers and their patients, and cut off healthcare and emergency services.
Left Voice
October 29, 2023Our Unions Need to Join the Fight for Palestinian Liberation — Right Now
Israel’s brutal attack on the Palestinian people is about to escalate. It’s being funded by U.S. dollars and armed with U.S. weapons. But our unions have a chance to help grind this war machine to a halt.
Jason Koslowski
October 20, 2023An Urgent Call from Palestinian Trade Unions: End all Complicity, Stop Arming Israel
Palestinian trade unions have released an urgent call for unions internationally to take action to stop arming Israel. Workers across the world must take up the struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Workers in Palestine
October 17, 2023CUNY Union Chapter Leaders Pass Resolution Condemning Administration’s Disregard for Palestine
The statement condemns the university’s treatment of pro-Palestine student protesters as well as its failure to recognize the suffering of the people of Gaza in its official statements.
PSC-GC Executive Committee
October 14, 2023The Solution to the Political Crisis Is in the Hands of the Working Class
The dramatic ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is just the latest iteration of an unfolding and rapidly developing political crisis that has unsettled the traditional parties and opened the door for a whole host of ideological monstrosities. Solving this crisis will require the independent action of the entire working class.
James Dennis Hoff
October 13, 2023On the Labor Aristocracy: A Reply to Jason Koslowski
Is there a labor aristocracy in the U.S.? In the following essay, CUNY professor and Tempest Collective member Charlie Post responds to Jason Koslowski.
Charlie Post
October 5, 2023Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin the Largest Healthcare Strike in U.S. History
Workers at Kaiser Permanente, the largest private health care corporation in the United States, have begun the biggest healthcare strike in U.S. history. They're demanding a new contract with inflationary wage increases, increased staffing, an end to casualization and outsourcing, and benefits for retirees.
Mike Pappas
October 4, 2023The UAW Strike Is the Most Important in Decades
One of the most ambitious and combative labor struggles in decades, the UAW strike reflects the growing power of the U.S. working class in a period of increasing political crisis.
Daniel Alfonso
October 2, 2023