Out On Strike

Sharing the stories of workers everywhere who are organizing to demand dignity for themselves, their communities, and the working class. #OnStrike #1u

[NY Taxi Workers @NYTWA]

Brooklyn Bridge is SHUT DOWN! Taxi drivers demand debt forgiveness now!

[Strikewave @strikewave]

CHECK IT OUT - our new NLRB case map tracks every NLRB case (including union elections) since the COVID-19 pandemic began. #1u https://t.co/w5Gx5hGi0P

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

"Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police" by the great @prisonculture in the @nytimes (!) https://t.co/0iA8LFrrQl

[CWA @CWAUnion]

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.

[Labor Notes @labornotes]

https://t.co/h6hJ9EHt17

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

COVID-19 related strikes hit Washington state’s apple sheds, via @capitalandmain #1u #OnStrike https://t.co/F79aAzuCmb

[Caltech for Affordable Healthcare @CAHgrads]

.@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.

[NPR @NPR]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

https://t.co/Ii11pD8SAC

[Natalie Kitroeff @Nataliekitro]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[SUTNOTIMEX @Sutnotimex]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Out On Strike @OutOnStrike]

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

[Sam Adler-Bell @SamAdlerBell]

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: