By Anne Kealohapau‘ole Jan. 9 — Protesters angered by the water crisis persevere at rallies at the Hawai‘i Department of Health, the State Capitol in Honolulu and in front of the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, all on the island of O‘ahu. Native Hawaiians, local community . . .
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Martin Luther King Day statement Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party What does voting mean to an incarcerated person? As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in 2022, we consider this question within the context of the struggle for the right to self-determination for the most oppressed . . .
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Denver The workers of the largest supermarket chain in Colorado, KingSoopers went on strike at 5:00 a.m. Jan. 12. The strike involves 8,400 workers and 63 stores statewide. The last time the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) members went on strike was 25 years ago in 1996. Strike begins . . .
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Cleveland Early in the morning of Jan. 10, another group of Starbucks workers — called “partners” — filed for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board. A solid majority of the 20 employees at the West 6th store in downtown Cleveland signed cards to be represented by . . .
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This article was written for an international end-of-year collection and published in French and Spanish translations on lapluma.net and tlaxcala-int.blogspot.com. Times Square, New York City, Dec. 22, 2021.WW Photo: Tony Murphy Workers at three Amazon locations have opened drives to form a union in this mammoth corporation that employs over . . .
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