coronavirus
Historic freefall: Economy shrinks by 33 percent, 2M more jobless
July 30, 2020Without passage of the Heroes Act the unprecedented shrinking of the U.S. economy can get worse.
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Québec workers fight back against government’s corporate-friendly COVID-19 response
July 29, 2020Just like everywhere else, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the economy, with governments and capital straining to contain progressive resistance to their corporate-friendly management of the crisis.
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AFT willing to strike if teachers are forced into unsafe schools
July 29, 2020“Just as we have done with our healthcare workers, we will fight on all fronts for the safety of our students and their educators."
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Jewish Labor Committee remembers coronavirus dead on traditional mourning day
July 29, 2020A vow, in the words of famed union organizer Mary Harris “Mother” Jones: “Mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living.”
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NEA chief: Trump’s back-to-school command endangers kids, parents, teachers
July 29, 2020“We are carefully working with the school boards, the health inspectors, the parents and the kids” to determine what’s best to do when schools are supposed to start again in late August.
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