NYC’s food delivery workers are organizing for their lives
Labor

NYC’s food delivery workers are organizing for their lives

Delivery bikers cross the Willis Avenue Bridge together. Credit: Zoe PC   The workers’ struggle for their dignity and safety has achieved some victories, but the work is far from over Facing low pay, zero benefits, and a wave of violent thefts, delivery workers have emerged as the most dynamic force in grassroots labor organizing […]

Monica Cruz
October 27, 2021
NYC’s food delivery workers are organizing for their lives
United States

NYC’s food delivery workers are organizing for their lives

The workers’ struggle for their dignity and safety has achieved some victories, but the work is far from over

Monica Cruz
October 26, 2021
Amazon warehouse workers in New York file for union vote
Labor

Amazon warehouse workers in New York file for union vote

Amazon Labor Union members submit signed union cards to the National Labor Relations Board office in Brooklyn, New York. Photo: Twitter @TweetsByBraden   6 months after the union loss in Alabama, workers continue to push for unionization at the trillionaire company Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York have formally filed a petition to […]

Monica Cruz
October 26, 2021
Amazon warehouse workers in New York file for union vote
United States

Amazon warehouse workers in New York file for union vote

6 months after the union loss in Alabama, workers continue to push for unionization at the trillionaire company

Monica Cruz
October 26, 2021
Puerto Ricans resist austerity measures and corporate corruption
Economy Latin America Caribbean

Puerto Ricans resist austerity measures and corporate corruption

5 years after PROMESA was signed into law, conditions in Puerto Rico are worse than ever before Protestors shut down Puerto Rico Highway 18 in San Juan on October 15, 2021. Photo from Twitter: @devilette On October 15, protestors shut down Puerto Rico’s Highway 18 in San Juan chanting “Fuera Luma!”, our Out Luma, demanding […]

Monica Cruz
October 21, 2021
Puerto Ricans resist austerity measures and corporate corruption
Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans resist austerity measures and corporate corruption

5 years after PROMESA was signed into law which established the control of the Fiscal Control Board over the island’s economy, conditions in Puerto Rico are worse than ever before

Monica Cruz
October 20, 2021
60,000 film and TV workers in the US weighing strike
Labor

60,000 film and TV workers in the US weighing strike

IATSE Locals 600, 700, 800, 80, 44, 489, 161 gathered to make picket signs last weekend. Photo: Twitter @IATSE   Members of the IATSE voted near-unanimously to approve a strike which would halt production on hundreds of TV and movie projects across the country 60,000 film and television workers with the International Alliance of Theatrical […]

Monica Cruz
October 16, 2021
60,000 film and TV workers in the US set to strike on Monday
United States

60,000 film and TV workers in the US set to strike on Monday

Members of the IATSE voted near-unanimously to approve a strike which would halt production on hundreds of TV and movie projects across the country

Monica Cruz
October 15, 2021