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Burgerville Workers Aim To Take Fight For $15 To Next Level

May 11, 2016 Shane Burley, www.wagingnonviolence.org ,
By Shane Burley for Waging Nonviolence - Dressed in his work uniform, Jordan Vaandering looked like any other fast food employee heading into another long shift. But that day, April 26, was far from ordinary for the 25-year-old Burgerville employee. Since Vaandering makes under $10 per hour working at the drive-through, he had decided to come forward as a voice for a growing contingent of workers who want to see a real change in their workplace. Addressing the small crowd of supporters gathering down the street from Burgerville’s corporate headquarters in Vancouver...

Precariat Trap: Why Organized Labor Is More Important Than Ever

May 9, 2016 Derek Royden, www.nationofchange.org ,
By Derek Royden for Nation of Change - With May Day having just passed, we are reminded of the historic struggles of organized labor in North America. At the end of the 19th century, when working conditions in most places were deplorable and the hours brutally long, a movement arose to challenge the unrestrained power of capital. At its peak in the 1880s, the Knights of Labor, considered one of the most radical American labor organizations, had more than 700,000 members. Their radical plan? An end to child labor and an 8 hour workday.

‘The State Stole My Raise’: Workers Sue Alabama Over ‘Racist’ Wage Law

May 9, 2016 Jana Kasperkevic, www.theguardian.com ,
By Jana Kasperkevic for The Guardian - Fast-food workers from Birmingham, Alabama, are suing their state legislature after it passed a law that put a stop to their expected pay raise. Nine months ago, the workers scored a major victory as Birmingham became the first city in the deep south to pass a law enacting a higher minimum wage. At the time, the city council agreed to increase the local minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 by July 2016 and to $10.10 by July 2017.

Verizon Strikers Hold National Day Of Action, Continue Strike

May 7, 2016 Eric Kiefer, www.patch.com , ,
By Eric Kiefer for Hoboken Patch - May 6, 2016 – As the Verizon worker strike of 2016 heads into its 24th day, both sides appear to be digging in for a protracted battle. Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) launched a “Day of Action” on Thursday, reportedly holding protests at 400 locations nationwide, including an action outside a Verizon shareholder meeting in Albuquerque that ended with 15 arrests.

The Reality Of Retirement Inequality In The United States

May 7, 2016 Ben Steverman, www.bloomberg.com , ,
By Ben Steverman for Bloomberg - Since voluntary savings plans led by 401(k)s have largely replaced traditional pensions, it’s probably no surprise that this is the best of times for many highly paid workers. Equally unsurprising is that this is the worst of times for almost everyone else, especially the 42 percent (PDF) of workers who don’t have access to a work-sponsored plan. The stunner is just how much the luckiest among us will outpace the unluckiest on retirement day: eleven times as much.

Can Climate Movement Break Free From ‘Jobs Vs. Environment’ Debate?

May 2, 2016 Kate Aronoff, www.wagingnonviolence.org ,
By Kate Aronoff for Waging Nonviolence - For two weeks this May, organizers across 12 countries will participate in Break Free 2016, an open-source invitation to encourage “more action to keep fossil fuels in the ground and an acceleration in the just transition to 100 percent renewable energy.” Many of the month’s events — pulled together by 350.org and a slew of groups around the world — are set to take place within ongoing campaigns to shut down energy infrastructure, targeting “some of the most iconic and dangerous fossil fuel projects all over the world” with civil disobedience.

Verizon Strike In Week Three, Affecting Company Operations

May 2, 2016 Dave Johnson, www.ourfuture.org , , ,
By Dave Johnson for Campaign for America's Future - The Communications Workers of America (CWA) strike at Verizon is now in week three. Thirty-nine thousand workers are striking to preserve middle class wages in the U.S. The strike is affecting company operations and customers are feeling it, but the executives want their huge paychecks, so the strike continues. At Time, Martha White reports: Since nearly 40,000 union members walked off the job at Verizon two weeks ago, the telecom giant has been scrambling to keep its systems up and running, but it seems to be falling behind in one critical area: reputation.

May Day Rallies Worldwide Demand Workers’ Rights

May 2, 2016 Andrea Germanos, www.commondreams.org ,
By Andrea Germanos for Common Dreams - Workers on Sunday marked May Day across the globe with rallies in cities from Paris, to Istanbul, to Manila. Some of the protesters faced violence from police. According to reporting by Reuters,"Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon and detained more than 200 people after scuffles broke out at May Day celebrations in Istanbul and some anti-government protesters tried to breach a ban on access to the main Taksim square." As France's parliament is weighing a bill that would erode worker protections, "hundreds of angry youths on the sidelines of a May Day labor rally hurled stones and wood at police in Paris...

Anarchist And Intersectional Feminist Who Inspired May Day

May 1, 2016 Laura Flanders, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Laura Flanders for Commondreams. Workers shouldn't strike and go out and starve, but strike and remain in, and take possession, said Lucy parsons. Lifelong partner of Albert parsons, one of the American Labor Leaders, most associated with the founding of the American May Day tradition. lucy_parsonsLucy Parsons was of Mexican American, African American, and Native American Descent. She was born into slavery and she was an intersectional thinker and activist a century before the term was coined. Her work after emancipation led her directly into conflict with the Ku Klux Clan and into a lifelong partnership with radical typographer and organizer Albert Parsons.

Incomplete, True And Wonderful History Of May Day

May 1, 2016 Peter Linebaugh, www.roarmag.org , ,
By Peter Linebaugh of Roar Magazine. The Soviet government paraded missiles and marched soldiers on May Day. The American government has called May 1 “Loyalty Day” and associates it with militarism. The real meaning of this day has been obscured by the designing propaganda of both governments. The truth of May Day is totally different. To the history of May Day there is a Green side and there is a Red side. Under the rainbow, our methodology must be colorful. Green is a relationship to the earth and what grows there-from. Red is a relationship to other people and the blood spilt there among. Green designates life with only necessary labor; Red designates death with surplus labor. Green is natural appropriation; Red is social expropriation. Green is husbandry and nurturance; Red is proletarianization and prostitution. Green is useful activity; Red is useless toil. Green is creation of desire; Red is class struggle. May Day is both.

Verizon’s Reputation Plummeting As Workers Strike

April 29, 2016 Martha C. White, www.time.com , ,
By Martha C. White for Time - Since nearly 40,000 union members walked off the job at Verizon two weeks ago, the telecom giant has been scrambling to keep its systems up and running, but it seems to be falling behind in one critical area: reputation. How the labor standoff between the striking communications workers and Verizon will eventually play out is anybody’s guess, but consumer perception of the telecom giant has fallen to a three-year low, according to YouGov’s Brand Index.

The Leap Manifesto Is A Path To Jobs And Justice

April 28, 2016 Crystal Lameman, www.theglobeandmail.com , ,
By Crystal Lameman for The Globe and Mail - You might find that strange if you’ve read the media reports calling its authors latte-sipping Toronto elites. I’m not exactly part of that class: I’m an indigenous mother of two from the Beaver Lake Cree Nation, in the heart of Alberta’s oil industry. From where I stand, the Leap Manifesto isn’t an attack on Albertans or its workers. It’s a gift, offering us a pathway to a more humane, healthy and livable province, one that honours the treaty rights of indigenous peoples and meets the needs of all its inhabitants.

Activists On Hunger Strike Over Suhr’s Job Amid Police Reforms

April 26, 2016 Michael Barba, www.sfexaminer.com , ,
By Michael Barba for San Francisco Examiner - A local rapper, his mother and a candidate for city supervisor are among four activists who have pledged to forego eating until San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr resigns or is fired from his position as top cop in The City. The protesters — Ilych Sato, also known as Equipto; Maria Cristina Gutierrez, the head of a preschool and Sato’s mother; Edwin Lindo, who is running for District 9 supervisor; and San Francisco-native Ike Pinkston — began their hunger strike in front of Mission Police Station on Thursday morning, calling for Mayor Ed Lee to fire Suhr.

Fight For $15 To Verizon Strike: We Must Protect Workers’ Right To Walk Out

April 21, 2016 Alex Gourevitch, www.theguardian.com , ,
By Alex Gourevitch for The Guardian - Given the new politics of inequality, there is every reason to think that strikes will become more common. So long as the economy is as radically unequal and oppressive as it is, workers have a right to go on strike. This is an uncomfortable thing to say because of what it means to defend that right. The 40,000-person, Verizon strike on Wednesday and the Fight for $15 strikes on Thursday are just the latest examples of worker walkouts.

Take Action To Stop The TPP This Year

April 16, 2016 Staff, www.flushthetpp.org , , , ,
By Flush the TPP. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an international agreement that was negotiated in secret by the Obama administration with the help of hundreds of corporate lawyers from 2009 to 2015. It was signed by the twelve member countries (Australia, Brunei,Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, Vietnam) on February 4, 2016. It must be ratified by the member countries within two years of signing. Currently, Congress does not have the votes to pass TPP legislation. But, the TPP is a high priority for the Obama administration. White House staff and representatives of Big Business, such as the US Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable and National Association of Manufacturers, are lobbying members of Congress heavily.
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