Above Photo: Raise Up / Fight for $15 and a Union. Employees of the national chain are protesting for better pay and protections on the job. Dollar General workers from across the country will be rallying at Peay Park on May 25 near its headquarters in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, during the company’s 2022 annual shareholders’ meeting. After years of being ignored, Dollar General workers are making their voices heard—by the retail chain’s executives, shareholders, and the public. Mary Gundel, thirty-three, started working as a store manager at a Dollar General store in Albany, Georgia, in February 2019. After working there for a year, […]
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Above Photo: Striker April Flowers-Lewis’s family ties to the Chicago plant stretch back much further than do those of its current owner, Mondelez. Her grandmother, Rosetta Tudor, worked as a machine operator making saltine crackers for decades before retiring in the 1990s just as Flowers-Lewis was starting her career. Roberta Wood / People’s World. Chicago – “We’re just tired!” April Flowers-Lewis told a rally in support of striking Mondelez workers*.* It’s not hard to see why the folks who make the nation’s cookies and crackers are exhausted and fed up. All through the pandemic, Flowers-Lewis, 48, and her co-workers, members of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107753/17/1077531746_0:84:2574:1532_1200x675_80_0_0_0d837d82ed8bde8362164c6f63a4d15d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202010181080804820-gareth-bale-only-real-madrid-player-to-refuse-pay-cut-during-season-suspension-media-reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Welsh football star Gareth Bale was the only Real Madrid player to refuse a salary cut due to the pandemic stoppage, media reported Saturday. According to Spanish national radio broadcaster Cadena SER, when competitions around the world were suspended earlier this year, Real Madrid was among the first clubs to propose a pay cut to players. The squad refused at first, but after players from Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and many other European clubs agreed the shrink their salaries, Real Madrid players agreed the pay cut, the radio station reported. Only Bale […]
Technical workers, attached to Lufthansa, at Germany’s Hamburg Airport have declined to service the state plane of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, accusing him of “giving the order to shoot at demonstrators in Belarus.” In a Facebook post on the page of the Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft workers union, a statement explained that technicians for Lufthansa Technik would not service the presidential Boeing 737 as an act of “international solidarity” and “standing side-by-side with Belarusian workers.” In addition, the union demanded Lukashenko’s resignation, and called for democratic elections and the release of political prisoners. The post also drew parallels with a situation 31 years […]
Staff Refuse To Enter Unsafe School Building By District 75 P352X Special Education Staff, Popular Resistance. September 10, 2020 Staff Refuse To Enter Unsafe School Building2020-09-102020-09-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/schools-e1599739012880.jpg200px200px Above photo: Twitter. NOTE: CBS News reports: Yellow water. Dead roaches. Dusty desks. That’s how teachers at a Crown Heights school for children with special needs were welcomed back Tuesday. “It just looked dirty, like we left it in March,” special ed teacher Mark John said. “Your anxiety goes up.” So after finding bathrooms lacked soap and promised PPE was not available, teachers worked outside. However, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza claimed only a handful of schools were affected. […]
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/middleeast/202008311080332239-uae-does-not-refuse-support-for-creation-of-independent-palestine-foreign-ministry-says/ DUBAI (Sputnik) – The United Arab Emirates is not against support for the creation of an independent Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem, despite normalization of relations with Israel, UAE Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said. “The UAE stance is firm and settled in regard to support of the unchanging Arab stance on the creation of an independent Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem”, bin Zayed said in a video address to Palestinians. The minister stressed that the UAE’s decision to normalize relations with Israel was a strategic and […]
Disturbing videos have emerged online showing Black Lives Matter demonstrators screaming and yelling at restaurant patrons in Washington DC., demanding that they raise their fists in support of the protest movement. In one scene which spread like wildfire on Tuesday, a large group of white protesters can be seen crowding around the table of a white woman at a Washington DC restaurant and demanding that she raise her fist to comply. “Are you a Christian?” one activist repeatedly yells. Others yell slogans including “White Silence is Violence” and “No Justice, No Peace.” As no videos have emerged showing the entire sequence […]
Black Lives Matter extremists went to a pro-Trump rally in Beverly Hills looking for a fight on Saturday night, and they sure found one. There were multiple brawls as conservatives refused to back down or cower before the mob. Advertisement – story continues below If this guy was a BLM supporter this absolutely would have caught him an assault on an officer charge pic.twitter.com/4djOWi7Ssl — Border Photog #blm (@desertborder) August 22, 2020 TRENDING: FAKE HATE: Black Democrat Faked and FILMED her Own Beating and Kidnapping… WTH? And She Did it For Votes — She Even Posted It Online! Trump supporters reportedly […]
Portland police have explained why it chose not to intervene in violent clashes between heavily armed right and left-wing groups, insisting they “willingly” engaged in physical interactions which “quickly resolved themselves.” Responding to criticism and questions about “why the events downtown were not declared a riot,” Portland police said the officers were heavily outnumbered and lacked crowd control resources to address such a massive gathering. Earlier on Saturday, hundreds of people belonging to multiple rival groups with “various ideologies” descended on Downtown Portland, while the police had only “roughly 30 officers available for crowd management.” As the groups clashed, police remained on […]
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is ratcheting up enforcement of a state Covid-19 mask mandate, ordering police to cite residents who refuse to wear a face covering after being warned and penalize them with a $250 fine. “For months, we have been focusing on education and not citations, but now I am instructing the Houston Police Department to issue the necessary warnings and citations to anyone not wearing a mask in public if they do not meet the criteria for an exemption,” the mayor said Monday at a press briefing. The citation comes with a $250 fine. Lives are at stake, so […]
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro has been one of Donald Trump’s strongest media boosters since the very start of his presidency. But while the Trump administration claims it’s working at “warp speed” to produce a vaccine for COVID-19, she’s now saying that she doesn’t want to take it. Appearing on a recent episode of the YouTube show London Real, Pirro expressed deep skepticism about the safety of a potential vaccine and indicated she would refuse to take it even though, at 69 years old, she is among the most vulnerable age group. Host Brian Rose told Pirro that he’s “just a […]
The call comes as governors in some US states reject the advice of federal health officials on wearing masks to help slow the nation’s rapid rise of new coronavirus cases, with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp filing a lawsuit on Thursday against the city of Atlanta to block the urban region’s COVID-19 face mask mandate. The US Senator from California, Dianne Feinstein, has proposed an amendment to bar states that refuse to implement mask mandates from receiving funding from the next federal coronavirus relief package, calling on colleagues in the Senate to back the legislation. In a statement issued Thursday, Feinstein pointed […]
In his first major interviews since becoming the first major celebrity to contract COVID-19 four months ago, Tom Hanks has been highly critical of anyone in America who is not taking the pandemic seriously. “Shame on you,” he told anyone who refuses to take basic precautions. “If you can’t wear a mask and wash your hands and social distance, I’ve got no respect for you,” he added. The two-time Oscar winner and star of the new film Greyhound took things to the next level Tuesday night during an extended conversation with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. “As somebody who’s gone […]
US President Donald Trump has imposed a 25 percent import duty on French goods in an effort to scuttle the country’s digital services tax – making it clear that Paris has several months to rethink cutting into Big Tech’s profits. The tariff would affect some $1.3 billion worth of imported French goods like handbags and cosmetics, the US Trade Representative’s office revealed on Friday. However, France has a full 180 days to “resolve the issue,” including through multilateral fora like the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Also on rt.com Death & taxes: Big Tech lobbies not to pay much tax […]
America’s business leaders tell Donald Trump to issue federal mask guidelines and to be able to refuse service to people who refuse to cover up without being sued The heads of America’s top business and manufacturing groups wrote a letter to President Trump asking the federal government to issue mask guidelines The business bosses also asked that businesses and non-profits ‘not be held liable for refusing entry’ when customers arrive sans mask Viral videos around the country have shown store employees trying to block mask-less patrons from entering The provision would allow businesses to dodge lawsuits from these altercations and also […]
The Right To Refuse Unsafe Work Is More Important Than Ever By Kathy Wilkes, Portside. June 13, 2020 The Right To Refuse Unsafe Work Is More Important Than Ever2020-06-132020-06-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/work_safety_protestors-e1592062031411.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators hold signs during a strike outside of Allan Brothers Fruit in Naches, Wash. on May 18, 2020. Located in Yakima County, the company’s fruit packing employees were protesting working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. David Ryder/Zuma Press/TNS // The Iola Register (Kansas). But expect a fight. Workers asked to work in situations that present a danger to their health and safety have rights, and they should not be afraid to […]
National Guard Troops Refuse Trump’s Race War June 7, 2020 National Guard Troops Refuse Trump’s Race War2020-06-072020-06-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/national-guard.jpg200px200px Donate today to the National Guard and Military Objectors Defense Fund hosted by Courage to Resist Courage to Resist is currently assisting members of the National Guard who resisted Trump’s orders to violently attack people on the streets of Washington DC peacefully and lawfully protesting racial injustice. Now that Trump is threatening to use the 1807 Insurrection Act to send active-duty troops in cities across the US, it’s time for every member of the military to search their conscience. We want to make sure we’re there […]
As Trump Threatens To Send Military Into Cities, Some GIs Refuse To Comply By Candice Bernd, Truthout. June 7, 2020 As Trump Threatens To Send Military Into Cities, Some GIs Refuse To Comply2020-06-072020-06-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/troops-e1591545926653.png200px200px Above photo: National Guardsmen block off Sunset Blvd during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 2, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Some National Guard and active-duty GIs are refusing to deploy to U.S. cities rising up against police-perpetrated killings, saying no to complicity in the repression of the American populace and that they have not been properly trained in riot […]
Google, Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Hulu, Disney released statements supporting racial equality following a weekend of mass violence by leftist protesters from coast to coast. Hundreds of businesses and government offices were destroyed, looted and torched.Americans were attacked and traumatized. But the cowardly tech giants want you to know they value racial equality — despite being overwhelmingly white or Asian. TRENDING: NYC Mayor De Blasio’s Daughter, Chiara, Arrested For Blocking Traffic in Manhattan Riot These same tech giants REFUSED to condemn the mass violence by the left. Via Varney and Co. Source link
Bus Drivers Refuse To Help Police, Prison Labor Replaces Meatpackers And More By Mike Elk, Payday Report. May 29, 2020 Bus Drivers Refuse To Help Police, Prison Labor Replaces Meatpackers And More2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/minneapolis-riot-police-protest-george-floyd-0527201-777×437.jpg200px200px Above photo: People face off with police near the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via Getty Images. 230 Strikes on the Map With fast-food workers out on strike in Oakland over being asked to wear dog diapers as maskes and coffee baristas striking in Philly, our Strike Tracker Map has now risen to 230 strikes since March 1st. For more, check out the map here. Some Minneapolis Bus Drivers Refuse to Help […]
Footage of police in New Jersey informing anti-lockdown protesters they’re in violation of Covid-19 executive orders, but will not face consequences, is the latest example of officers taking a more hands-off approach to the rules. People began gathering outside Atilis Gym in southern New Jersey hours before it opened on Monday to show support for the business defying executive orders from the governor, and to protest the continuing lockdown measures in place across the state. While almost no protesters wore face coverings and were clearly breaking social distancing guidelines by gathering in a big crowd, police simply informed those gathered that […]