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Day of action today to push Essential Workers Bill of Rights
May 7, 2020The point is “to rise up in solidarity with essential workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis."
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California sues Uber, Lyft: Treat your drivers like employees!
May 7, 2020Companies’ refusal to provide basic protective equipment to all workers “underscores the grim reality” of the gig economy in which the giant companies use a predatory business model to cheat employees out of basic protections.
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Amazon workers on May Day: Protect us from this virus
May 7, 2020They called it Essential Workers Day, a good name for May Day this year in recognition of their work during the pandemic.
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May Day Voices: Strikers in Massachusetts
May 6, 2020“We want to send the clear message that sanctions are a form of warfare, and our government and our people have a responsibility to stop these murderous policies at home and abroad.”
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Bay Area May Day actions highlighted frontline workers
May 6, 2020As throughout the country, the San Francisco Bay Area marked May Day with a variety of socially distanced and virtual actions calling attention to the vital role of frontline workers.
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