Aramark workers at Virginia Commonwealth University have won their first contract. The members of UNITE HERE Local 23 won immediate across the board raises of $3/hr, union health insurance, a pension by the end of the contract and strong civil rights language and protections.
Labor on the Air: On last week’s Your Rights At Work radio show (WPFW 89.3FM Thursdays at 1p): Selma James says “Our Time Is Now”. Writer, feminist and social activist Selma James on the International Wages for Housework Campaign at 50.
Dr. W.E.B. DuBois and others organized a silent parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City against the lynching of negroes and segregationist Jim Crow laws. There had been nearly 3,000 documented cases of hangings and other mob violence against black Americans since the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. Read about W.E.B. DuBois Strange […]
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Protesting for Jayland Walker
July 8, 2022 UNAC Editor American Exceptionalism, Anti-Imperialism, Police Brutality, Racism, White Supremacy Protesting for Jayland Walker by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 6. 2022 The number of bullets used to kill Jayland Walker have sparked an outcry, but police kill one Black person every day in this country. If systemic change is […]
Click here of the image below to see some of the Collateral Murder video he showed on stage(the Collateral Murder video released by Wikileaks depicts war crimes of the U.S. in Iraq) Click here to view a more complete version of Collateral Murder video presented by Ethan McCord at a past UNAC conference For more […]
Tuesday, August 2, 5 PM Eastern US and Canada Click here or the image below to register Speakers: Margaret Kimberley – Executive Editor and Senior Columnist for Black Agenda Report. Member of Black Alliance for Peace Coordinating Committee and Administrative Committee of UNAC Dan Kovalik – Human rights lawyer and peace activist. He teaches Human […]
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on July 24, 2022 For the 32nd time in 30 years a Pastors for Peace caravan is in Cuba bringing close to 100 people including many young people who are experiencing the reality of Cuba for the first time; seeing for themselves instead of through the filter of lies […]
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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