Jacob Buckner
LATEST ARTICLES BY Jacob Buckner
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Labor
Boston baristas striking at five Starbucks stores hold the line
August 11, 2022From unequal benefits for union and non-union employees to racist and abusive managers, Boston baristas have plenty to fight for.
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Opinion
Police surveillance state poised for growth in a post-Roe world
July 12, 2022Poland already shows the example of what happens when anti-abortion fanatics control the police apparatus.
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Opinion
New Brooklyn tenant’s coalition stands up to abusive landlords
June 22, 2022After a tenant passed out from carbon monoxide poisoning in her basement apartment, a neighborhood coalition formed to take on dangerous living conditions and unscrupulous landlords.
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En español
Amazon despide a organizador de Staten Island en represalia antisindical
June 14, 2022El ataque es parte de una campaña más amplia de represión de los trabajadores desde la exitosa sindicalización de JFK8 el 1 de abril de 2022.
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Labor
Amazon fires Staten Island organizer in what workers see as anti-union retaliation
June 14, 2022Pasquale "Pat" Cioffi, a worker and lead organizer with the Amazon Labor Union, was fired by Amazon from his job at the company’s JFK8 warehouse.
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U.S.
Brooklyn landlord’s neglect causes tenant to suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
May 25, 2022Flatbush landlords and others in Brooklyn rake in profits at the expense of the health of their tenants.
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Labor
Building the Amazon Labor Union: An interview with co-founder Jordan Flowers
May 18, 2022Along with three of his co-workers, Jordan Flowers helped found The Congress of Essential Workers at Amazon’s JFK8 facility. Two years later, the power of their example is sweeping the entire U.S. labor movement.
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Labor
Staten Island Amazon workers continue the struggle despite harassment
May 16, 2022Winning the union election, they note, is not the end of their struggle.
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