Fed up with low wages and injuries, more than 1,000 HelloFresh kitchen factory workers in Colorado and California are unionizing with UNITE HERE. Last year, HelloFresh, the popular food-kit delivery company that advertises technologically innovative and sustainable approaches to cooking, sold 278 million meals to Americans and doubled its U.S. revenue to $2.4 billion. But on HelloFresh’s assembly lines, workers were unable to afford rent, suffered serious injuries, and were subjected to timers when they used the bathroom, according to workers interviewed by Motherboard. Now 1,300 HelloFresh workers—intent on improving dire circumstances—are unionizing two HelloFresh factory kitchens in Colorado and California. On Tuesday, […]
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Over 100 Rebellions In Jails And Prisons Over COVID19 Conditions By Ella Fassler, Truthout. November 21, 2020 Over 100 Rebellions In Jails And Prisons Over COVID19 Conditions2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/covidprison.png200px200px Above image: Lauren Walker, Truthout. U.S jails and prisons, already death traps, have been completely ravaged by COVID-19. Crowded quarters, a lack of PPE, inadequate medical care, an aging population, and unsanitary conditions have contributed to an infection rate 5.5 times higher than the already ballooned average in the U.S. As of this writing, over 252,000 people in jails and prisons have been infected and at least 1,450 incarcerated people and officers have died from the novel coronavirus. Evidence suggests […]
Educator Speaks Out Against Unsafe Conditions, Lack Of Resources November 2, 2020 Educator Speaks Out Against Unsafe Conditions, Lack Of Resources2020-11-022020-11-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/school-e1604325122377.jpg200px200px Above photo: A teacher prepares her classroom. Bart Everson/Flickr.com. A middle school educator in Knoxville, Tennessee recently came forward to speak with the World Socialist Web Site about the unsafe conditions at her school. Knox County currently has nearly 13,000 cases of COVID-19 and 92 deaths, making it the third most affected county in the state, behind Shelby (Memphis) and Davidson (Nashville) counties. With the abandonment of even the most rudimentary safety measures at schools and other workplaces, cases in Tennessee have […]
With COVID-19 Resurgence, Nurses Speak Out About Unsafe Conditions By New York State Nurses Association. October 19, 2020 With COVID-19 Resurgence, Nurses Speak Out About Unsafe Conditions2020-10-192020-10-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/dsc09722-scaled-e1603110283213.jpg200px200px Above photo: Jon Flanders. Nurses speak out about “disgusting” reused respirators and co-mingled hallway patients. Albany med nurses release AMC-NYSNA resurgence plan, outlining steps the hospital should take to protect the community’s health as COVID-19 cases rise. New York, NY— Nurses from Albany Medical Center gathered in front of the hospital to highlight conditions that may threaten nurse and patient safety, as the region prepares for a second surge of COVID-19. In the Capital […]
Saudi Arabia may be the land of two Holy Mosques, but its human rights record is dismal On the evening of October 04, while clearing the social media notifications on my phone, I found a thumb stopper tweet from Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Council (HRC) that reports directly to Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia. Here’s what Saudi Arabia’s detention camps look like, the one’s that migrants refer to as ‘hell’ pic.twitter.com/KwAIOfs6Fc — Ömer Kablan (@Kablano) October 4, 2020 The tweet read – #SaudiArabia is committed to strengthening #WorkersRights. Coincidentally, that same morning, I had received two video messages […]
California is preparing for windy, dry weather which is expected to cause critical fire conditions this weekend. Twenty-five major fires are burning throughout the state, including the Bobcat fire in Southern California, pictured on Sept. 21. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images California is preparing for windy, dry weather which is expected to cause critical fire conditions this weekend. Twenty-five major fires are burning throughout the state, including the Bobcat fire in Southern California, pictured on Sept. 21. Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images In California, weeks after […]
Rafael Nadal says the conditions at this year’s delayed French Open will be the toughest he has faced as the 12-time champion lamented the frigid weather facing players in Paris. ‘King of Clay’ Nadal will be bidding for a 20th Grand Slam title when the action at Roland-Garros gets underway this weekend, which would put him level with great Swiss rival Roger Federer on the all-time list. This year’s French Open was delayed from its usual May-June slot due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the 34-year-old Spaniard says the colder climate as well as a change in balls will pose additional […]
A recent analysis by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 94% of American patients who have died from COVID-19 had other underlying health conditions. According to the data released on August 26, only 9,683 deaths (6%) had COVID-19 listed as the only cause, which means that 94% of Americans who died after contracting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had other contributing medical conditions. The CDC based its analysis on provisional death counts, which it said “deliver the most complete and accurate picture of lives lost to COVID-19. The counts are based on death certificates, “which […]
New FOIA Docs Expose Conditions In Private Immigration Prison By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. August 23, 2020 New FOIA Docs Expose Conditions In Private Immigration Prison2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/farmville.jpg200px200px Above photo: This aerial view shows the Immigration Centers of America facility Farmville on Aug. 12, 2020 in Farmville, Va. Steve Helber | AP. So Bad That Even ICE Was Shocked. Documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests show a consistent pattern of abuse at the privately-run ICE facility in Farmville, where detainees suffered abuse, neglect, and threats of retaliation if they complained. New documents shed light on what activists are calling “a dark pattern of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008221080247609-us-backs-down-from-proposal-to-add-china-to-new-start-talks-set-other-conditions-moscow-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States has backed down from a proposal to add China to the talks on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) but set other conditions with the negotiations still being bogged down, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Saturday. “China’s participation in possible future talks, discussions in various formats, on arms control, in particular, nuclear arms control, was touched upon by the US representatives in Vienna all the time, so the topic is still on the table”, Ryabkov said. At the same time, the diplomat noted […]
Campus Workers Sue UNC System Over Unsafe Working Conditions By Kate Murphy, The News and Observer. August 16, 2020 Campus Workers Sue UNC System Over Unsafe Working Conditions2020-08-162020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/ncstate-e1597541018820.jpg200px200px North Carolina university employees are suing the UNC System, saying working conditions are unsafe as tens of thousands of students return to campuses during the coronavirus pandemic. “Essential workers across UNC System campuses continue to report to work with inadequate protective equipment to ensure their safety,” the UE150, NC Public Service Workers Union said in a statement Monday. Some university employees, including housekeepers and other campus workers, are provided one or two masks […]
During the trial, slated for summer 2021, British socialite and Jeffrey Epstein’s former partner Ghislaine Maxwell is due to appear before a New York judge and jury over the alleged procurement of underage sex slaves for the billionaire, who had earlier been convicted of paedophilia. Jeffrey Epstein’s suspected “pimp” Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers sent a motion to the New York federal judge assigned to the case requesting that she be released into the Metropolitan Detention Centre’s general population so she can “meaningfully participate in her own defence”, Fox News reported, citing the letter. The motion claims that Maxwell has been “treated less favourably […]
Suicide rates have spiked in Gaza since the outbreak of the pandemic which worsened an already unstable economic situation in the region. Suleiman Al Ajouri was just one of 35 young people who took their own lives in 2020 and a human rights activist says a future that curerntly offers few solutions is looking even bleaker. Gaza native Suleiman Al Ajouri was only 23 years old when he committed suicide at the beginning of July, devastating his family and friends. Moments before he shot himself in the head on the staircase of his home, he posted a message on Facebook hinting […]
Asylum-seekers walk along Roxham Road near Champlain, N.Y., in August 2017, a popular illegal border crossing into Canada, away from official ports of entry. Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images Asylum-seekers walk along Roxham Road near Champlain, N.Y., in August 2017, a popular illegal border crossing into Canada, away from official ports of entry. Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images In a harsh rebuke of America’s treatment of refugees, a Canadian judge has ruled that an asylum treaty with the U.S. violates Canada’s own charter of human rights, because it returns asylum-seekers to the […]
MADRID (Sputnik) – The government of Spain’s Catalonia autonomous region on Tuesday announced a decision to soften prison conditions for politicians responsible for the so-called independence referendum in 2017. Earlier this month, the administrations of three prisons, where the aforementioned politicians are serving their sentences, requested to ease their confinement status. Several months ago, they were allowed to leave prisons for several hours for work or volunteering. The government’s secretariat on penal measures has approved the proposal, meaning that the inmates in question will only have to stay in prison during nighttime and can stay at home on weekends. The decision, […]
Earlier this week, online fashion retailer Boohoo said that it had found “some inaccuracies” as it probed operations at its Leicester factory over allegations that employees there are paid less than the minimum wage and work in “unsafe” conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. UK Home Secretary Prit Patel has privately voiced alarm that due to a fear of being called racist, police preferred to turn a blind eye to exploitation in Leicester’s factories, where cheap clothes for online fashion giant Boohoo are produced, The Sunday Times reports. The newspaper cited an unnamed source close to the Home Secretary as saying that […]
Palestinian Community Sets Conditions On Support For Presidential Candidate July 6, 2020 Palestinian Community Sets Conditions On Support For Presidential Candidate2020-07-062020-07-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/palestinians-and-anti-zionist-orthodox-jews-protest-against-israeli-annexation-plan-on-3-july-2020-in-north-bergen-township-new-jersey-united-states.-by-tayfun-cokun-for-anadolu-agency-e1594059532202.jpg200px200px Above photo: Palestinians and anti-zionist Orthodox Jews protest against Israeli annexation plan, on 3 July 2020 in North Bergen Township, New Jersey, United States. By Tayfun Coşkun for Anadolu Agency. Members of the Palestinian community in the United States have issued a declaration of principles that included a set of preconditions to support federal candidates in the presidential elections later this year. The document, signed by Palestinian cultural, political, social and academic figures, included 13 preconditions namely recognizing the Palestinian people’s […]
On Friday, a Sudanese man went on a stabbing spree in a Glasgow hotel hosting asylum seekers. Experts believe the city has been flooded with people fleeing conflict-torn countries as a result of Western military campaigns. The UK has emerged as a top destination for those seeking peace and economic benefits. A 28-year-old Sudanese native, Badreddin Abadlla Adam, went on a knife rampage in Glasgow’s Park Inn Hotel on 26 June, an attack that left six people injured, including a police officer. The attacker, who was shot dead by police, was one among around a hundred of asylum-seekers housed in the […]
Multiple media reports say the man who went on a stabbing rampage in Glasgow and who injured six before being shot dead by police, was a Sudanese refugee who had mental health issues and was put over the edge by hostel conditions. The knifeman, identified by the Daily Mail as a Sudanese national named Badradeen, repeatedly complained about his living conditions in the Scottish city’s Park Inn hotel, which had been turned into a shelter for asylum seekers, several British media outlets report. His “erratic” behavior allegedly prompted fellow hotel residents to report the man to a British liaison officer. The […]
An enormous dust cloud is traveling from the Sahara desert across the Atlantic Ocean and may soon hit parts of the United States, according to scientists with the US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The large plume, which has been dubbed the “Godzilla dust cloud,” is currently covering the Caribbean and is expected to blanket parts of the US later this week, the Associated Press reported. On Sunday, the NOAA confirmed on Twitter that the dust had reached the eastern Caribbean Sea and would spread westward. In addition, the NOAA confirmed that another dust plume branching from the cloud is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107139/66/1071396649_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_3e983e244f68838c308e097bfe01094f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202006161079634903-preexisting-health-conditions-increase-risk-of-death-from-covid-19-twelvefold—cdc/ New data released Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that COVID-19 leads to “severe outcomes in older adults and those with underlying health conditions” such as heart disease, diabetes or lung disease. In fact, the data shows that when compared to those without such health issues, patients with underlying conditions are six times more likely to end up in the hospital due to the virus and 12 times more likely to die if they contract the virus. The data, which was reported to the CDC through April, also […]
Black Workers Face Two Of The Most Lethal Preexisting Conditions For COVID-19 By Elise Gould and Valerie Wilson, Economic Policy Institute. June 11, 2020 Black Workers Face Two Of The Most Lethal Preexisting Conditions For COVID-192020-06-112020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/inequality-e1591844451203.jpg200px200px Above photo: Staff and volunteers hold a drive for personal protective equipment to donate to hospitals in Chicago, where 70% of people who have died from COVID-19 are African American. Scott Olson/Getty Images. Racism and Economic Inequality. “We’re all in this together” has become a rallying cry during the coronavirus pandemic. While it is true that COVID-19 has affected everyone in some way, the magnitude and nature […]
Hundreds of McDonald’s workers in the US are protesting unsatisfactory working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, with some quitting and others decrying the risk they say they’re being exposed to from Covid-19. Strikes took place in over 20 cities across the US, including Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose in California, as well as St. Louis, Missouri, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. The protests were planned for Wednesday, ahead of the company’s annual shareholders meeting the following day. The Fight for 15 movement — a group focused on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and which is […]
Farmworkers Are Walking Out To Protest Conditions During COVID-19 Pandemic By Mai Hoang and Le Talamo, Seattle Times. May 16, 2020 Farmworkers Are Walking Out To Protest Conditions During COVID-19 Pandemic2020-05-162020-05-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/gworkers-e1589640998157.jpg200px200px Above photo: Workers from Columbia Reach Pack hold signs while on strike in front of the business, Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Yakima, Wash. Evan Abell/Yakima Herald-Republic. Yakima, Washington – Workers at Columbia Reach Pack and Hansen Fruit and Cold Storage Co. in Yakima walked out Thursday morning to protest their working conditions. They held signs asking employers for better COVID-19 safety measures, 6 feet of social distancing in the workplace, […]
One particularly ugly feature of the Covid19 crisis is the sight of tax dodging billionaires lining up with grubby demands for state bail outs and/or soft loans from central government despite their long and sordid records of avoiding any tax contributions over many years. Billionaire tax dodgers are nothing but shameless cheats who should be shunned and shamed for their selfish actions in denying vital health services and schools billions of pounds of funding. Every pound the billionaires dodge in taxes is literally stealing from hospitals, classrooms and social care services. Yet many of them are honoured by the British Establishment […]
Protesters Make Their Voices, And Horns, Heard Over Conditions At Prison May 11, 2020 Protesters Make Their Voices, And Horns, Heard Over Conditions At Prison2020-05-112020-05-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/prison-rigths-are-human-rights-e1589221267201.jpg200px200px Above: Protestors said it’s impossible for prisons to maintain social distancing and cleaning guidelines. Those behind bars should be released, Schneyer said. “People are actually being exposed to modern-day slavery,” Schneyer said. From WRAL Raleigh, NC – Protesters calling attention to conditions inside state prisons took to the streets to voice their concerns and honk their horns at Central Prison in Raleigh. Julie Schneyer, an organizer of the protest, joined the dozens of people who took […]