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Seafarers were in a precarious situation long before the COVID-19 crisis struck early this year. Many workers are now stranded on ships at sea, and others are afraid to return home for fear of losing their jobs in the future.

Just as in the Great Recession, a steep downturn in the private sector is poised to cause big job losses in state and local governments.

No Evil Foods created products like El Zapatista and Comrade Cluck, but workers say its conduct doesn’t live up to its leftist branding.

Workers have walked out of six apple packinghouses in Washington State. They demand safer working conditions and an extra $2 an hour in hazard pay.

Moving to a single-payer system could enable more unions to win excellent healthcare through group practice clinics for their members—an essential next step after winning universal access to care.

“Coronavirus, Capitalism, and the Workers’ Movement”, part 1

After striking, the workers were fired en-masse earlier this week. Now, the city has found new workers to replace the striking workers - prison labor from nearby Livingston Parish. 

"Where human rights are the compass, we will be better placed to overcome this pandemic and build resilience for the future”. This includes the right to freedom of association, and to strike, without fear of retaliation.

The nurses union SEIU 121 have also filed a complaint with the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration calling nurse Cecilia Marcos' death "the result of inadequate PPE provided to staff."

A community coalition employs an alternative approach at an Alabama bus plant. (Co-published by Newsweek).