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International Labor News Short

Haitian Garment Workers Go On Strike!

May 26, 2017 Winter Storm 0

Haitian Garment Workers Go On Strike!

 by Winter Storm

Workers on strike on Friday May 19, 2017

On May 19, 2017 4,000 Haitian garment workers went on strike with three demands[1]:

  1. A minimum wage adjustment to 300 to
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Grassroots of the Class War

July 24, 2015 Ideas&Action 1

Short updates on three victories at the grassroots in the class war.

SEATTLE SOLIDARITY NETWORK:

“We won the Meniz wage-theft fight!! After months of making trouble for the Meniz Company (and their client, CWD) in every way we could think …

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India Tops World in Number Living in Slavery (14 million)

November 20, 2014 Ideas&Action 1

According to a report on global slavery just released by the Walk Free Foundation, there are now 35 million people living in modern slavery. The 2013 general estimate using the same methodology was 30 million, meaning 5 million new slaves …

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The Final Indian War in America is About to Begin

November 20, 2014 Ideas&Action 0

“As an example of the national media’s apathy, the Lakota, Nakota and Dakota have turned their backs on the $1.5 billion dollars offered to them for settling the Black Hills Claim and although they are among the poorest of all …

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Science Says Your Baby is a Socialist

November 20, 2014 Ideas&Action 0

“I think all babies are created equal in that all normal babies—all babies without brain damage—possess some basic foundational understanding of morality and some foundational moral impulses…”

Further support for the idea of egalitarianism as an evolutionary advance based on …

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On the IWW campaign at Whole Foods in San Francisco

November 7, 2014 Ideas&Action 0

A good piece by Marc Norton:

““We are workers at Whole Foods Market building a movement for power and a voice on the job,” reads a petition that had been circulated at the store, signed by more than 50 workers.

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Voting? Why bother?

November 7, 2014 Ideas&Action 0

So the Greedy Old Pigs (GOP) have rigged it so voting really doesn’t matter. “Getting out the vote” doesn’t mean shit under these circumstances. They have established a system of minority rule which will put them in the white house …

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Making Sense of the State Minimum Wage Hikes

November 5, 2014 Ideas&Action 0

Fascinating to see this being publishing in the business press. It’s actually an important question and the obvious answer is that in most places the recent hikes were not enough. … But depending on legislation and ballot measures (which generally …

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