We condemn the arrests of CNN crew covering the Minneapolis protests.
No member of the press should ever face intimidation while doing their job.
@NABETCWA President Charlie Braico and @newsguild President Jon Schleuss (@gaufre) respond.
.@Caltech administration is proceeding with major cuts to grad student health insurance decided behind closed doors, despite reasonable demands made in a petition that was signed by over 40% of grad students and hundreds of other Caltech-affiliated supporters in just a few days.
Essential workers across the country — including employees at grocery chains and online retailers — are planning to strike today over working conditions amid the pandemic.
Nurses at scores of U.S. hospitals also plan to protest a lack of PPE.
https://t.co/KT6GB4YvyO
The US wants Mexico to define essential workers as people who supply goods to American companies
Mexican workers say they’re terrified, but have no choice but to report to the factory floor.
https://t.co/vUEKPl2foD
Hundreds of factory workers in Juarez, Mexico struck last week to demand full pay and temporary closure of factories, many tied to US automotive and consumer electronics industries, following worker deaths from COVID-19. #OnStrike#Huelga https://t.co/T4DpNRRENP
Meanwhile, the US Pentagon is pressuring the Mexican government to reopen factories closed due to worker action and COVID-19, claiming they are critical to US defense supply chains. #OnStrike#Huelga https://t.co/eQXTRtAnlB
More than 50 Smithfield Foods workers at a Crete, NE pork plant walked off the job after it was announced the plant would remain open. At least 48 workers at the plant have tested positive for COVID-19. @UFCW#1u
https://t.co/5cD4LTwfJY
Arby's workers at a Morris, IL franchise struck yesterday to demand hazard pay and access to personal protective equipment (PPE).
Franchise management has not provided the workers with any PPE, even though the shop serves 100+ customers daily. #OnStrike https://t.co/KN3EctwMoH
Icelandic workers in five municipalities — including primary school workers, janitors, and home service workers — voted to resume a strike on May 5. The union members have worked without a contract for more than a year, and demand fair pay. #OnStrike https://t.co/B8OOnKycPB
Día 69 de #huelga en @Notimex ⏳
Nos mantenemos en defensa de nuestros derechos, por lo que no podemos ser parte del #QuedateEnLaCasa, ante negativa de la directora @SanjuanaNotimex para resolver el conflicto laboral que generó.
Viola laudo de #JFCA.
#FelizMiercoles#Covid_19
Columbia University teaching and research assistants are holding a wildcat strike to demand summer funding, cancel rent in university-owned housing, extended funding and team to degree, and protections for international students. #OnStrike@columbiastrike
https://t.co/4RR4I6DBs6
In March, graduate workers at Columbia University (members of @GWCUAW) voted to authorize a union-wide strike.
Now, rank-and-file members are organizing a wildcat labor and rent strike alongside other Columbia tenants. #ColumbiaDoBetter
https://t.co/aU80xAPE9q
Amid wave of taxi and app-based driver activism in China, DiDi drivers in Nanchong protest to demand fee cuts and policy changes during COVID-19 pandemic.
https://t.co/MzAZNk8Vq6
Workers at 40 Chicago-area nursing homes announce May 8 strike date. The workers demand improved staffing, better training, more personal protective equipment, and fair raises. @SEIUhciimk
https://t.co/uxBNJUTq5k
50+ Amazon workers at a Minnesota warehouse walked out on Sunday, and won the reinstatement of a coworker fired for staying home with her young children. h/t @LaurenKGurley
https://t.co/oVT2JALtoR
More than 50 amazon workers at MSP1 in Shakopee, MN walked off the job just after 12am this morning to protest the elimination of unpaid time off, unsafe conditions, & the appearance of retaliation against workers who speak out.
Here's Hafsa Hasan, one of the leaders: