Worker’s Rights

COVID-19 Crisis Failure, People Must Save Themselves And The Economy

August 5, 2020 UNAC Editor Organizing, Resistance, Socio-Economic Struggles, The War at Home

by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, August 2, 2020 The US is at a moment of truth. This week, Congress has to face up to a pandemic that is out of control and an economy that is collapsing. The Republican’s and Democrat’s proposals show they will fail this test. The people will need to protect themselves[…]

Remaking The Economy For The People

April 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Action!!, Austerity, Economic Collapse, Financial Vultures

The Decade Of Transformation Is Here: Remaking The Economy For The People Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, March 29, 2020 The pandemic, economic collapse and the government’s response to them are going to not only determine the 2020 election but define the future for this decade and beyond. People are seeing the failure of the US[…]

Interview: Amazon worker battles billionaire Bezos

April 12, 2020 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Public Health

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[…]

US Supreme Court About to Pass a 21st Century Dred Scott Decision

January 23, 2018 UNAC Editor Labor Struggles, Racism, The War at Home

by Bruce Dixon of Black Agenda Report, Jan 18, 2018 Back in 1857 the US Supreme Court, in response to the lawsuit of one Dred Scott, a slave suing for his freedom, ruled that nobody of African descent had any legal right under the US Constitution that any white man was bound to respect. It was a bright line that[…]