Jan. 25 — We are beginning Year Three of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of this writing, almost 900,000 people have died in the U.S., and over 7 million people have been infected. (worldometer.com) These figures, based on official reporting data, are almost surely an undercount. There will have been cases . . .
Continue reading Beyond COVID-19: Striking for the future − a WW commentary at Workers.org
The right to access safe, legal abortions is in grave danger. On the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling allowing access to the procedure in the case of Roe v. Wade, on Jan. 22, 1973, this fundamental human right is being challenged as never before. This landmark ruling, . . .
Continue reading 49 years after Roe v. Wade: Fight for reproductive justice! at Workers.org
Denver Pickets were called off at 6 a.m. Jan. 20, as United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 reached a tentative three-year contract agreement with King Soopers grocery chain after a 10-day strike. The new contract benefits 8,000 workers in 78 stores in Colorado. King Soopers is a subsidiary of . . .
Continue reading Grocery workers win big in King Soopers strike at Workers.org
By AEzra El, Devin Cole and Princess Harmony Roughly five-and-a-half minutes. Statistically speaking, that’s the interval between every life lost in the United States to a fatal overdose. Science March, Boston, March 2017.WW Photo: Steve Kirschbaum. In the past several years, we have seen a radical increase in the rate . . .
Continue reading People who use drugs demand harm-reduction strategies at Workers.org
Last December a five-person delegation from the International Migrant Alliance-USA (IMA) traveled to Texas to work with the South Texas Human Rights Center (STHRC), based in Falfurrias, Texas, 60 miles north of the Mexican border. On Jan. 22 the delegation reported virtually on their trip. IMA-USA delegation at the border . . .
Continue reading International Migrant Alliance report from the Texas/Mexico border at Workers.org
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