Workers speak out against capitalism’s epidemic of unemployment
Like many workers, Holly McDaniel finds herself facing an uncertain future in the context of COVID-19. “The financial impact has been swift and hard,” says…
Like many workers, Holly McDaniel finds herself facing an uncertain future in the context of COVID-19. “The financial impact has been swift and hard,” says…
James is one of many in Southern Ontario continuing to work in shipping and receiving during the pandemic. He works night shifts with a skeleton…
Social distancing has sent many of us to our homes and changed our landscape for organizing. No mass meetings, rallies, phone banking and the other…
COVID-19 is finally the monster at the door. Researchers are working night and day to characterize the outbreak but they are faced with three huge challenges. First the…
I thought the warnings about COVID-19 were just hype. I didn’t read the news stories because I figured it would be the same as H1N1…
Though they have delayed too long and many employers are doing all they can to undermine the effort, the governments that are in the business…
Beep Beep – My alarm wakes me up from a deep sleep. I roll out of bed, shower and get ready for work. Work can…
Oh there goes gravity. In short order the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global economic downturn, whose full force we have not even begun…
In the face of the mounting coronavirus crisis, North American states and provinces are announcing the closure of public schools. This is being done without…
I work at the busiest courthouse in the country. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, when thousands of workers have been ordered to work from home, schools…
With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the new coronavirus a pandemic, it’s urgent that countries around the world escalate public health efforts. These include…
The coronavirus is keeping the world in a state of shock. But instead of fighting the structural causes of the pandemic, governments are focusing on…