Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, April 15, 2020 Health care workers are suddenly facing the largest layoffs and pay cuts in three decades. These workers are being justifiably lauded as the frontline of defense in a global pandemic. But rather than thanks, health care workers face hardships as administrators, investors and stockholders look first at the bottom line[…]
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Workers World Editorial, April 30, 2019 Today, in 66 countries around the world, May Day — International Workers’ Day — is an official paid holiday commemorated on May 1. But not in the United States. While May Day originated here, the ruling class has done everything it can to eradicate any memory of this working-class holiday. As a result, International[…]
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by Ted Kelly, published on Workers World, April 7, 2020 Chris Smalls is a former Amazon worker who was fired for organizing a March 30 walkout at the JFK8 Amazon facility in Staten Island, N.Y. Bosses refused to close the facility despite confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the workers. In the aftermath of Smalls’ wrongful termination, a leaked memo from[…]
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by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report:Freedom Rider, April 1, 2020 The gross inequalities and declining standards of life in the US are magnified by the corona crisis, pushing already marginalized populations to the brink. “The supposedly great nation is just a failed state with a big army and a powerful oligarchy.” There is an old saying that if America[…]
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By Monica Moorehead posted on Workers World, March 31, 2020 According to the World Health Organization, as of March 29, the global numbers of the COVID-19 pandemic are close to 635,000 confirmed cases and over 63,000 deaths. The emphasis here is “confirmed,” which means that there are untold numbers of people, possibly millions, who are unaware that they are even[…]
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(Signatures listed at the bottom of the page) More information: General Electric is laying off workers due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. However, they might have a better option. According to a report on AdWeek.com At General Electric, some plant workers walked off the job Monday because they want the company to shift factories to produce the much-needed ventilators increasingly sought[…]
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by Steve Gillis, published on Workers World, March 23, 2020 On March 16, elected officers of United Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, conducted mass meetings in the bus yards over loudspeakers with hundreds of drivers, monitors, dispatchers and support staff. They presented a multipart agreement reached with Transdev — a division of the Paris-based transnational conglomerate[…]
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by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, March 20, 2020 The massive strike wave begun Dec. 5 in France against a proposed rollback of pension rights has slowed down. Disruptive strikes and giant marches of mostly public workers across the country topped over 1.5 million, but the leading edge of the movement, city and regional rail and bus workers, announced[…]
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by Marty Goodman, published on Socialist Action, January 2, 2020 On December 5th, French workers walked off the job in massive numbers to protest a proposed attack on pension rights by French President Emmanuel Macron. The proposal would change the age required for public workers to receive full retirement benefits from 62 to 64. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe bluntly[…]
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By G. Dunkel, posted on Workers World, December 9, 2019 Workers in France are determined to defend one of the best retirement systems in the world, a retirement system based on solidarity and respect. That’s why 1.5 million workers hit the streets Dec. 5 in 250 French cities — all the big cities and most of the midsize and smaller[…]
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