NYC’s yellow cab drivers win fight for debt relief
(Photo: Twitter) After two months of non stop protests and two weeks of hunger striking, drivers now have the chance to live with security and dignity After a prolonged struggle, drivers with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) won their fight for a fair debt relief plan on Thursday, November 4. The victory came […]
New York’s yellow cab drivers win struggle for debt relief
After two months of non-stop protests and two weeks of hunger strikes, drivers under the banner of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance reached an agreement with city authorities and the largest medallion loan holder
Striking miners arrested at protest in New York City
On their eighth month of striking at Warrior Met, workers took their picket line to the company’s largest investor for the third time Striking coal miners of Alabama’s Warrior Met Mines, who were staging a protest in New York, was arrested for disorderly conduct on Thursday, November 4. Among the seven arrested was United Mine […]
Striking Warrior Met coal miners arrested at protest in New York City
Seven members of the United Mine Workers of America were arrested after staging a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the multi-trillion dollar investment firm BlackRock, which is largest shareholder in Warrior Met Mines
Biden brings lip service with minimal concrete action to COP26
The scale of US policy on climate change fails to match up with its contributions to the global climate catastrophe
Amid overwhelming debt and despair, NYC’s yellow cab drivers begin hunger strike
The workers are fighting to end a crushing debt crisis, manufactured by the city and Wall Street profiteers “I was living the American dream. Now I’m in an American nightmare,” Richard Chow lamented on his 8th day of hunger strike and 39th day participating in a driver-led encampment outside City Hall. He has been driving […]
US lawmakers gut critically-needed social spending bill
Facing historic inequality and worsening climate disasters, US workers are in desperate need of a greatly improved social safety net
Amid overwhelming debt and despair, NYC’s yellow cab drivers begin hunger strike
The city’s iconic yellow cab drivers are fighting to end a crushing debt crisis, manufactured by the city and Wall Street profiteers