Some 7,000 nurses at two major New York City hospitals, including Mount Sinai, walked out at 6 a.m. Jan. 9. Their crucial issue is safer staffing with better nurse-to-patient ratios. Represented by the New York State Nurses Association, nurses voted by almost 99% to authorize a strike if no contract was agreed to. Several other New York City hospitals agreed to new contracts.
On December 21, following months of struggle and firings of pro-union employees, a group of…
Seattle Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) opened up a series of “rolling strikes” across the country…
One week before many of their workers were planning to celebrate the winter holidays with…
By Bob Lederer Workers World heard the Dec. 12 coverage on WBAI of an exclusive,…
Part 1 discussed “Digital labor and material.” (workers.org/2024/04/78192/) Part 2 discussed “Labor under surveillance.” (workers.org/2024/05/78468/)…
Letter to Workers World from Mikhail Kononovich and Alexander Kononovich. Translation by Steve Gillis. Dear…