A throwaway cigarette landed on a pile of cloth. 146 workers died. But this tragedy instigated a movement for workers' rights.
"All over the country, immigrant workers are a big part of the workforce. They're all part of a base that can force change. We can't depend on political winds or what people tell us is possible. We have to be tenacious for what's just and righteous."
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While recent films in the Black horror genre have presented the terrifying realities of being Black in America, Nanny is rooted in the specific experience of the African diaspora.
Levy Restaurant Group, one of the largest providers of food and beverage for sports venues across the country has been sued in the past for wage theft. The blame lies with the USTA for continuing to do business with the company.
Agricultural workers in New York just formed the state’s first farmworker union, but a new law guaranteeing overtime protections and organizing rights for the first time has been delayed.
Workers at three plants owned by the luxury apparel-maker Canada Goose in Winnipeg, Manitoba, have voted overwhelmingly to unionize.
“The only way to make a change is to pressure these people into understanding that we aren’t … animals to control at their will.”
The capitalist system doesn’t just drive wealth inequality—it is designed to exploit and undermine the working class and to protect the power and economic interests of the wealthy.
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