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Feb. 12, 2021: National Organizing Call to Support Workers at Amazon and to Help Build Feb. 20 National Day of Action

Join the Growing Movement in Solidarity with Amazon Workers Unionizing in Alabama! Register for the Organizing Meeting!Share and Invite on FB You are invited to an open Organizing Meeting TONIGHT that will build towards a Feb 20 National Day of Action called by the Southern Workers Assembly. Click Here to view actions in your area, or to submit details for an action you […]

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1898 to 2021: From Wilmington to Washington and the Role of Racism in Right-wing Coups

By Abayomi Azikiwe – Feb 11, 2021 https://bit.ly/373gjFA Impeachment trial in the Senate harkens back to the successful efforts to overturn Reconstruction At the time of this writing the Senate impeachment trial was well underway where evidence was being presented aimed at convicting former United States President Donald J. Trump for inciting insurrection on January 6. On […]

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Solidarity With Educators Fighting For Safety in Schools!

Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association There is NO debate about whether COVID spreads in schools. This CDC report definitively shows where the outbreaks are occurring and K12 schools are a major source. The only places where outbreaks have occurred with greater frequency are correctional facilities, colleges and universities, and long term care facilities. In other words, […]

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WI AFL-CIO Celebrates Black History Month

https://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/ This February, the labor movement celebrates Black History Month and everything that our Black sisters, brothers and friends have contributed to our country. And as we celebrate Black achievements, Black aspirations and Black lives, we know that there is more work to be done. In the past year, we have continued to witness attacks […]

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Feb. 20., 2021: National Day of Solidarity With Alabama Amazon Workers!

Between Feb 8, and March 29, approximately 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama will begin voting by mail on whether to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale Department Store Workers Union (RWDSU). The harsh working conditions at Amazon warehouses, along with Amazon’s refusal to adopt measures that protect workers from COVID 19, have pushed […]

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Cuban Foreign Minister Thanks African Countries for Their Solidarity

https://orinocotribune.com/ HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 8 (ACN) — Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, thanked on his Twitter account the continuous claim of brotherly African countries for the cessation of the US blockade of Cuba and the expressions of solidarity with the Cuban people, reflected in a resolution of the XXXIV Summit of the African Union. […]

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Order your coffee “Union Yes” to Support Colectivo Workers

https://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/ Colectivo Collective The Colectivo Coffee union organizing campaign is heating up. The IBEW Local Unions 494 & 1220 have filed a petition for an NLRB union election and workers will be voting for union rights soon. TAKE ACTION:  Show your support for Colectivo workers by ordering your next drink, meal, or snack “Union Yes.” […]