Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost To COVID-19 By Nina Martin, ProPublica. August 3, 2020 Nobody Accurately Tracks Health Care Workers Lost To COVID-192020-08-032020-08-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/tracking-health-care-workers-by-yann-kebbi-special-to-propublica-e1596474763862.jpg200px200px Above phto: Tracking health care workers by Yann Kebbi, special to ProPublica. Anesthesiologist Claire Rezba started tracking lost health workers almost instinctively. Researchers and industry professionals say the […]
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Mount Adams rises in the distance beyond the largely agricultural Yakima Valley, in Yakima, Wash. Elaine Thompson / AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson / AP Mount Adams rises in the distance beyond the largely agricultural Yakima Valley, in Yakima, Wash. Elaine Thompson / AP It’s strawberry season in […]
US Democratic Party Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was blasted on Twitter for proposing that police officers be swapped with mental health staff at schools. Many argued online that the idea would make the schools even less safe. Omar tweeted that “over-policing doesn’t make them safer – it criminalizes Black and brown […]
A mini-golf complex in Memphis, descended into complete chaos as a mob of hundreds of teenagers trashed the business over a faulty games machine and a four-dollar refund. One irate teenager even spat in an employee’s face. According to local media reports, the Putt-Putt Fun Center was forced to close […]
In this audio interview, CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and OnlyFans performer Savannah Solo talk about fintech and the sex industry. From distribution platforms to Twitter and bitcoin, she helps break down what sex workers really need from digital tools. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time […]
Baseball is back, and I guess that’s nice. But it’s not so nice at all for one group of people—the nearly 40,000 stadium workers who won’t have jobs because there are no fans to be served and catered to. These people—some of whom work part-time, but some full-time throughout the […]
Earlier this week, a New York Times article read: “Hands are out as Congress is set to begin negotiating a new round of pandemic stimulus. Airlines, hotels, restaurants. Military contractors and banks. Even Broadway actors.” That “even” hit many of us working theater artists hard. Let me tell you why. […]
New Tech Labor Movement Unites Office And Gig Workers By Tyler Sonnemaker and Allana Akhtar, Business Insider. July 23, 2020 New Tech Labor Movement Unites Office And Gig Workers2020-07-232020-07-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/employee-activism-at-major-tech-companies-like-amazon-and-google-has-been-on-the-rise-especially-since-the-pandemic.-e1595538254838.jpg200px200px Above photo: Employee activism at major tech companies like Amazon and Google has been on the rise, especially since the pandemic. Tech […]
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Louisville are working on a nasal spray they say can help to prevent COVID-19 infections. The spray could be beneficial to health-care workers and others who are at high risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2. But after months of work, development […]
Paralyzed Companies Rescued By An ‘Army’ Of Volunteer Workers By Jessica Dos Santos, Russia Today. July 20, 2020 Paralyzed Companies Rescued By An ‘Army’ Of Volunteer Workers2020-07-202020-07-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/a-member-of-the-productive-workers-army-in-the-midst-of-a-recuperation-operative.-from-epo-e1595271026367.jpg200px200px Above photo: A member of the Productive Workers’ Army in the midst of a recuperation operative. From EPO. The Productive Workers’ Army (EPO) is a grassroots movement […]
Even in a time of record unemployment, some of Dan’s colleagues at an Indiana Walmart have walked off the job. They aren’t quitting over fears of catching COVID-19, he explained. They’re quitting because of customers who become abusive when asked to wear face masks. “A lot of our people have […]
The Unionization Attempt At No Evil Foods Holds Lessons For Workers By Shane Burley, Waging Nonviolence. July 19, 2020 The Unionization Attempt At No Evil Foods Holds Lessons For Workers2020-07-192020-07-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/no-evil-foods-ceo-urges-workers-to-vote-against-a-union.png200px200px Above photo: No Evil Foods CEO Mike Woliansky discourages workers from forming a union at a captive audience meeting. YouTube/Jason Koebler. After […]
Dozens of immigrant workers have begun a joint 24-hour fast and sleep-out outside billionaire Jeff Bezos’ $16 million penthouse in Manhattan, to lobby New York authorities to tax the wealthy to help the pandemic-affected poor. High-profile Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is among those behind a campaign to push New York Governor […]
Why Workers Need Voice On Job Now More Than Ever By Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs, On Labor. July 15, 2020 Why Workers Need Voice On Job Now More Than Ever2020-07-152020-07-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/uaw-workers-on-strike-over-covid-19-from-trending-news-e1593280680158.jpg200px200px Above photo: UAW Workers on strike over Covid-19, from Trending Buzz News. The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred multiple crises in our country including […]
Thousands Of Workers Strike Bath Iron Works By Joe Piette, Workers.org. July 15, 2020 Thousands Of Workers Strike Bath Iron Works2020-07-152020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/bath-strike071320-1080×1300-e1594774680481.jpeg200px200px Over 4,300 production workers — represented by Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local S6 — walked off the job at the Bath Iron Works shipyard June 23 after unsuccessful […]
Health Editor’s Note: America has lost 3,000 (probably a low figure) of healthcare and essential workers to COVID-19 during this coronavirus pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic there was a sketchy number of personal protection supplies available to protect those who were in contact with COVID-19 infected patients. Healthcare […]
Bastille Day: Protests As France Gives Tribute To Health Workers By Zoe Tidman, The Independent. July 14, 2020 Bastille Day: Protests As France Gives Tribute To Health Workers2020-07-142020-07-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/pri157864283-e1594749906918.jpg200px200px Above photo: French health workers attend a demonstration on the Bastille Day in Paris to urge the French government to improve wages and […]
Green Party Nominates Two Workers For The White House By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. July 13, 2020 Green Party Nominates Two Workers For The White House2020-07-132020-07-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/2020-hawkins-ready-to-debate.jpg200px200px The Green Party of the United States held its presidential nominating convention, a virtual convention, this past weekend. The nominees […]
By Melissa Bailey and Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News James “Mike” Anderson was a hospital employee in suburban Philadelphia with a low-profile though critical job: changing air filters in COVID patients’ rooms. By late March, new COVID cases in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, had ramped up to as many as 90 […]
Sex workers held a protest urging authorities to end the lockdown for brothels in the northern German city of Hamburg. Brothels have remained closed for more than three months due to Covid-19 restrictions. The women, some of whom wore lingerie, held up signs reading “We are hygiene professionals,” and “We […]
How Black And Brown Workers Are Redefining Strikes By Mike Elk, Payday Report. July 9, 2020 How Black And Brown Workers Are Redefining Strikes2020-07-092020-07-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/strike-for-black-lives-matter-movement-777×437-e1594312360770.jpg200px200px Above photo: Participants gather at The One Million Man March rally at Daley Plaza in Chicago on Juneteenth, June 19, 2020. Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune. During George […]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the second phase of the UK government’s economic response to the Covid-19 pandemic which aims to protect, create and support employment saying that the government has spent £160 billion so far since the beginning of lockdown. Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled plans for a job retention bonus, […]
FCA Toledo Jeep Workers Support Call For Rank-And-File Safety Committees July 4, 2020 FCA Toledo Jeep Workers Support Call For Rank-And-File Safety Committees2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/workers-at-fca-toledo-jeep-from-carscoop-e1593890306731.jpg200px200px Above photo: Workers at FCA Toledo Jeep from CarScoop. Support for rank-and-file safety committees continues to grow among autoworkers, following the initiation of committees last week by workers […]
Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear By Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra and Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News. July 2, 2020 Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/ppe-e1593714767878.jpg200px200px Above photo: Public health workers, doctors and nurses protest over lack of sick pay and personal protective equipment outside a hospital in the […]