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December 9, 2020

New York’s Building Trades Unions Are Showing the Way Forward on Green Jobs

Paul Prescod Jacobin

New York’s recently announced massive investment in offshore wind, high-speed rail, and more, backed by both labor and environmental groups, shows how it can be done.

December 7, 2020

The Man Building the Bridge Between Labor Rights and Criminal Justice Reform

Hamilton Nolan In These Times

A newly elected progressive DA in Austin, Texas is bringing something to his position that none of his counterparts have before: deep ties to the labor movement. Jose Garza, the new District Attorney in Austin, is the face of progressive pow

December 6, 2020

The Agrarian Crisis in Punjab and the Making of the Anti-Farm Law Protests

Shreya Sinha India Forum

The protests in Punjab are happening at a time when the agrarian economy is under stress. With increasing uncertainty, previously antagonistic groups across classes, castes & gender are coming closer, building a broader base for the agitation & beyon

December 5, 2020

The Economy President-Elect Biden is Inheriting

Heidi Shierholz Economic Policy Institute

More than 26 million workers—15.5% of the workforce—are being directly hurt by the coronavirus downturn

December 4, 2020

The Clapping Stopped, but the Risks to Health Care Workers Didn’t

Amir Khafagy The New Republic

Hospital laundry workers and other nonmedical staff are facing the same dangers during the pandemic, with little recognition. It’s been a radicalizing experience.

December 3, 2020

Global Nurses United Demands World Health Organization Strengthen Covid-19 Guidance

Global Nurses United National Nurses United

"Nurses and other health care workers in many countries still do not have the personal protective equipment (PPE) and basic safety precautions that they need to care for their patients safely,”

December 2, 2020

Meet the Volunteer Organizing Team Helping Non-Union Workers During the Pandemic

Eric Dirnbach Waging Nonviolence

A joint project of the Democratic Socialists of America and the United Electrical workers union, Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee recruited volunteers to talk with workers who wanted to organize around COVID-19 concerns.

December 1, 2020

OSHA Let Employers Decide Whether to Report Health Care Worker Deaths. Many Didn’t.

Aneri Pattani, Robert Lewis and Christina Jewett The Guardian

“It is so disrespectful of the agencies and the employers to shunt these cases aside and not do everything possible to investigate the exposures,” said Peg Seminario, a retired union health and safety director.

November 30, 2020

Solidarity Beyond the Crisis: How to Truly Build Back Better

Francisco Perez and Luis Feliz Leon Dollars and Sense

Joe Biden must be bold if he wants to truly build back, let alone build back better. The authors spoke to leading movement organizers and thinkers across the United States and asked: What does it truly mean to build back better?

November 30, 2020

For Now (and for Giving Tuesday), Portside Says: Multiracial Democracy or No Democracy at All

Portside

The danger of a fascist-like regime consolidating its power has been averted. For now. But make no mistake: The issue of whether we will move forward or be dragged into an abyss has been postponed, not decided. Please help - Portside's annual appeal.