During the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 6., an ad hoc coalition of U.S. anti-imperialist organizations in the United States held over 70 protests against U.S. and NATO aggressive actions directed at Russia. These ranged from holding signs and banners in well-trafficked areas or on highway overpasses to days…
Headlines screamed alarm Jan. 26 in capitalist business media like the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg: ‘Amazon Union Has Sufficient Signatures for New York Election!’ Yes, Amazon workers are accelerating the fight to be represented by a union and gain safety on the job, living wages, adequate health care, pandemic…
Amazon, which bought Whole Foods in 2017, is the second-largest employer in the U.S. and has made record profits during the pandemic, with global net revenue in 2020 of $386 billion. Across the country, the movement to back Amazon workers in their righteous, growing fights for safety and union rights…
The following is based on a Jan. 9 press release from Workers Assembly Against Racism. Jan. 12 will be “Happy Unbirthday” for Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and the richest man in the world. On that day protests in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore…
Steps away from Broadway shows shut down by spiking COVID-19 numbers in New York City, a crowd of more than 80 people gathered in Times Square Dec. 22 to demand Amazon recognize the union being organized by the Amazon Labor Union at the company’s Staten Island warehouse, as well as…