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California sues Uber, Lyft: Treat your drivers like employees!
May 7, 2020Companies’ refusal to provide basic protective equipment to all workers “underscores the grim reality” of the gig economy in which the giant companies use a predatory business model to cheat employees out of basic protections.
Read moreCPUSA launches Spring Fund Appeal: “Building for a better world”
May 6, 2020NEW YORK—“Millions are standing up for universal health care and basic safety on the job. Millions are demanding necessities like food, housing, and unemployment insurance, and defending democracy,” said Communist Party USA co-chair Rossana Cambron at...
Read moreBay Area May Day actions highlighted frontline workers
May 6, 2020As throughout the country, the San Francisco Bay Area marked May Day with a variety of socially distanced and virtual actions calling attention to the vital role of frontline workers.
Read moreCoronavirus cuts ‘deep scars’ through meatpacking towns across the country
May 5, 2020“These two guys were here last week. Now they are gone. It’s crazy.”
Read moreLeaked CDC report projects 200,000 infections per day by June 1
May 5, 2020Trump keeps the document in the back drawer. Report says that by June, U.S. will see a sharp rise in coronavirus deaths, up to 3,000 per day.
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