Labor
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.
Read more‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Show Me $15’ ring out at St. Louis strike
July 21, 2020Striking workers and activists took to the streets—either with their cars or their feet—and rallied outside a McDonald's store.
Read more‘Strike for Black Lives’ targets racism, demands HEROES Act passage
July 21, 2020"Even before George Floyd’s life was taken, the ‘normal’ everyone keeps talking about going back to wasn’t working for us."
Read moreHong Kong labor movement a target for U.S. manipulation and division
July 20, 2020Formed over 70 years ago out of struggle with British colonialism, Hong Kong's largest trade union federation has been targeted by anti-China rioters, its leader Alice Mak says.
Read moreTens of thousands walk off job in ‘Strike for Black Lives’
July 20, 2020Strikers are demanding sweeping action by corporations and government to confront systemic racism and economic inequality.
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