Tag: labor strike
‘Shame on Uber:’ Drivers on strike worldwide protesting ‘poverty wages’
"This is an act of solidarity with drivers across the country, and really across the world, who are suffering with poverty wages."
Solidarity at the Stop & Shop
The workers of Stop & Shop only took to the picket lines after months of contract negotiations. They are mainly asking for their company not to cut their pensions or have increases their healthcare costs.
Marriott hotel strikers set a new industry standard
Their common demands focused on three areas – job security, workload, and wages and benefits – and the slogan, “One Job Should Be Enough.”
Striking West Virginia teachers revive a proud labor heritage
After nine days on strike, the teachers won!
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‘I bough…—I, I got them’: Bloomberg almost admits to buying members of Congress
"We prefer our politicians unbought."
Bernie Sanders gains support in South Carolina as billionaire Tom Steyer draws votes from...
Billionaire Tom Steyer has poured money into outreach to African-American voters, who make up more than half of South Carolina’s Democratic electorate.
Yale study says Medicare for All would save US $450 billion, prevent nearly 70,000...
The study in The Lancet found that Medicare for All, supported by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, will save money and is more cost-effective than “Medicare for All Who Want It."
Bernie Sanders plunges to first place
So while there’s still some coverage that might be said to be stuck in the denial stage about Sanders for the most part corporate media have moved on to the next stage of grieving, which is anger.
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit highest level in 3 million years
"The rate of rise in the last decade has been faster than previous decades."