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** ‘You can’t call yourself anti-racist if you’re not anti-imperialist’ ([link removed] )
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The following slightly edited remarks against the fascist coup in Bolivia were made by Makasi Motema on behalf of Workers World Party at a Nov. 16 protest held at Columbus Circle in New York City. Along with WWP, the protest was sponsored by Answer, International Action Center, December 12th Movement, . . .

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** McDonald’s workers take on sexual harassment with class action lawsuits ([link removed] )
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While hundreds of McDonald’s workers walked off the job in Michigan on Nov. 12 to demand a $15 per hour minimum wage, the right to unionize and an end to workplace sexual abuse, a class-action lawsuit was being filed in state court against the multibillion-dollar company. Workers in Chicago protested . . .

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** Fast food workers organize ‘McStrike’ in eight countries ([link removed] )
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Close to 1,000 McDonald’s and other fast food workers and supporters held a noisy march and blocked traffic in Detroit Nov. 12. They called for an end to sexual harassment, $15 an hour pay and “unions for all.” The action was part of an international “McStrike” of low-wage workers in . . .

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** ‘Boycott Wendy’s’ ([link removed] )
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Farmworkers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their allies marched in midtown Manhattan Nov. 18 demanding real transparency and verifiable human rights protections in Wendy’s produce supply chain. CIW built the Fair Food Program, a unique worker-led monitoring and enforcement campaign that has ended sexual harassment, forced labor and . . .

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** Workers win first union contract at Iowa General Mills plan ([link removed] )
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The workers at the General Mills plant here ratified their first union contract on Nov. 14, after a hard-fought battle with the company. Members of the Department Store Workers Union (RWDSU) Local 110, the General Mills workers have been seeking better pay, better treatment and job security. On Oct. 31, . . .

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** ‘No one can erase Cuba’s loving contribution in Bolivia and Ecuador’ ([link removed] )
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The following edited article was written by Yenia Silva Correa and posted Nov. 19, 2019 on the English website of Granma, the official voice of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee. Go to tinyurl.com/txpvtpb to read the entire article. These past few days, doctors lending their services in Bolivia . . .

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** Elderly and disabled people win victory against Veolia ([link removed] )
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Disabled and elderly paratransit riders in Seattle have won a victory over the corporate criminal, Veolia corporation, which for years has delivered negligent service to the disabled riding public. King County Metro Transit, which controls the Access Paratransit, just got rid of its contractor, Veolia, after years of public pressure . . .

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