All News Articles for 2020-04-29
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Calling Economic Crisis 'Five-Alarm Fire' for Millions of Families, 600,000 Sign Petition Demanding Rent and Mortgage Cancellation "Congress needs to act at the scale of the crisis, and they should start by canceling rent, mortgage, and utility payments for the duration." Read more |
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Workers Gear Up for Major May Day Strike in Pushback Against Unsafe Conditions Amid Pandemic One organizer explained that the goal is to "push back with large numbers against the right-wing groups that want to risk our lives by reopening the economy." Read more |
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As Covid-19 Deaths Mount in Retail, Walmart Workers Take Matters Into Own Hands With Contact-Tracing Plan "We can't wait for more half-measures—we're taking matters into our own hands to get the information we deserve to know." Read more |
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Calls Mount for Congress to Provide 'Robust Relief' to USPS as Covid-19 Kills Mail Clerks and Carriers As one union leader put it: "The Covid pandemic is having a huge, devastating, dire impact on postal revenue." Read more |
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'Unscrupulous' Tech Company Rebuked for Pushing Facial Recognition Tool for Authorities to Track Coronavirus "Absolutely the fuck not." Read more |
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Millions of Pigs and Chickens in US Factory Farms Face Cruel Deaths as Covid-19 Sparks Mass Cullings "Plants that don't treat animals well often don't treat workers well." Read more |
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UN Labor Agency Warns 1.6 Billion Workers at Risk of Having Their 'Livelihoods Destroyed' by Pandemic "As the pandemic and the jobs crisis evolve, the need to protect the most vulnerable becomes even more urgent," says International Labor Organization Director-General Guy Ryder. Read more |
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Trump Labor Department Says It May Actively Defend Meatpacking Companies Over Workers in Covid-19 Lawsuits "We have a president forcing hazardous meat plants to reopen, threatening workers' health. We have a Labor Department siding with corporations over workers' safety. Disgusting." Read more |
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'What a Threat!': In Latest Effort to Exploit Pandemic, Trump Indicates He May Condition State Coronavirus Aid on Sanctuary City Policies " No matter what issue the solution is the same for Trump, Miller, Kushner and other white nationalists. Build walls, end immigration, punish sanctuary cities..." Read more |
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"Only in Trump's America": Despite Covid-19, Employees in Texas and Iowa Told to Get Back to Work or Lose Unemployment Benefits "I feel like either I'm going to lose my business and everything I worked for, or I'm going to get sick." Read more |
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On Frontlines Against Covid-19, Healthcare 'Heroes' Across US at Risk From Underlying Illness, Poverty, and No Insurance " Health care workers don't need lip service. They need raises, health benefits, and paid sick leave." Read more |
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100+ Economists Push Pelosi to Urgently Boost Relief for Workers, Stem Massive Surge in Unemployment Demanding measures that match the scale of the Covid-19 crisis, the experts call for improving the federal short-time compensation program and passing the Paycheck Guarantee Act. Read more |
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Poll Shows Tens of Millions of Americans Would Avoid Covid-19 Treatment Over Cost Fears "A country that puts people in this situation is not a country upholding its responsibility to its citizens." Read more |
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'Owes an Apology to Every Essential Worker': Pence Under Fire for Refusing to Wear Face Mask at Mayo Clinic "When I warned everyone in February that Pence doesn't believe in science and shouldn't be in charge of Covid response, I meant it," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read more |
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'Pathetic': Trump Says No to Additional Covid-19 Stimulus Checks, Backs Cutting Tax That Funds Social Security Instead "Cutting payroll taxes does nothing to help seniors or the millions of people who just lost their jobs. It does, however, defund Social Security and Medicare—which is why Trump is obsessed with the idea." Read more |