Tens of thousands walk off job in 'Strike for Black Lives'
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By Aaron Morrison

NEW YORK (AP)-Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are walking off the job today in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dubbed the "Strike for Black Lives," labor unions, along with social and racial justice organizations from New York City to Los Angeles, are participating in a range of planned actions. Where work stoppages are not possible for a full day, participants are either picketing during a lunch break or observing moments of silence to honor Black lives lost to police violence, organizers said.

"We are…building a country where Black lives matter in every aspect of society-including in the workplace," said Ash-Lee Henderson, an organizer with the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of over 150 organizations that make up the Black Lives Matter movement.

"The Strike for Black Lives is a moment of reckoning for corporations that have long ignored the concerns of their Black workforce and denied them better working conditions, living wages, and healthcare," said Henderson, who is also co-executive director of the Tennessee-based Highlander Research and Education Center.

Among the strikers are essential workers: nursing home employees, janitors, and delivery men and women. Fast food, ride-share, and airport workers are also taking part in planned events....

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