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Amazon Tries to Bribe Workers to Quit Before Union Vote

March 2, 2021 UNAC Editor Austerity, Capitalism, Labor, Labor Struggles

By Staff@FightBack News!, published February 21, 2021 Bessemer, AL – As workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse have begun voting by mail on whether or not to join the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Amazon is pulling out all of the stops to try to coerce them out of voting for the union. They are trying many tactics[…]

On Feb. 20: U.S. cities in solidarity with #BAmazon workers

February 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Labor, Labor Struggles, Paths to Emancipation

by Betsey Piette, published on Workers World, February 24, 2021 As Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., vote to unionize, they are gaining support. On Feb. 20, demonstrations took place in solidarity with BAmazon workers in 50+ U.S. cities in 30 states, including several in the South. The National Day of Solidarity with BAmazon was called by the Southern Workers Assembly,[…]

The Struggle Continues: Indian Protesters Resist State Terror

February 10, 2021 UNAC Editor India, Labor Struggles, Lawfare

by Tanya Siddiqi, published on Workers World, February 3, 2021 In September 2020, India’s Parliament passed three “farm bills” intended to crush India’s workers. To serve capitalist interests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the fascist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), lent his support to the bills depriving farms of current protections. He allowed corporate greed to further encroach on India’s[…]

GM 1937, Amazon 2021: Which side are you on?

February 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Labor, Labor Struggles, Mass action

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, February 2, 2021 Bessemer, Alabama, sitting on the outskirts of Birmingham and with a population of 26,500 — about 75% African American — has become a central focus for the entire class struggle. There, at Amazon warehouse BHM1, thousands of workers are fighting for a union. Over Amazon’s strident objections, the National Labor[…]

Time to Rein in Amazon’s Empire

December 20, 2020 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Labor, Mass action, Resistance, Uncategorized

by Christy Hoffman, published on Consortium News, December 15, 2020 The world is entering an era of undeniable change that will be defined by our collective response to the human and economic devastation left by the pandemic. As Covid-19 continues to spread across the globe, Amazon´s rise to the top of the winner-take-all economy is a call to action to progressive forces who still believe in the politics of the common good and are willing to fight for the affirmation[…]

Massive Employer Failure Kills Transit Workers

December 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Labor, Labor Struggles, Public Health

by Frank Goldsmith, published in Labor Today, December, 2020 THE RIGHT TO STRIKE MIGHT HAVE SAVED SCORES OF NYC TRANSIT WORKERS For those of us who were born in or moved to New York City there is one constant in our lives. It is the MTA, the quasi public, independent New York State Transportation agency, created in 1968, that runs[…]

Black Friday Protests Hit Amazon

December 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Resistance

by Jim McMahan, published on Workers World, December 4, 2020 Seattle On Nov. 27, “Black Friday,” workers rallied in front of Amazon world headquarters in Seattle to condemn Amazon’s exploitation of essential workers. Chris Smalls and The Congress of Essential Workers (TCOEW) led the Seattle action. Smalls was fired March 30 by Amazon for leading a work stoppage in New[…]

Working Class Unites Across India for 250 Million Strong Strike

December 4, 2020 UNAC Editor Featured, India, Labor Struggles, Paths to Emancipation, Uncategorized

by Martha Grevatt, published on Workers World, December 1, 2020 For the second time this year, a class-wide mobilization in an “All-India strike” brought out 250 million workers. With one in four working-age people in India participating, this 24-hour work stoppage can again claim the status of “world’s biggest strike.” The first record-breaking general strike had taken place on Jan.[…]

India’s Nov 26 General Strike: We Are the Grass Roots

December 4, 2020 UNAC Editor India, Labor Struggles, Mass Shootings

by Vijay Prashad, from Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, December 3, 2020 Farmers and agricultural workers from northern India marched along various national highways toward India’s capital of New Delhi as part of the general strike on 26 November. They carried placards with slogans against the anti-farmer, pro-corporate laws that were passed by India’s Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament)[…]