working class

AFL-CIO, union leaders, call for fast confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS

February 27, 2022 By Special to People’s World

The nation’s largest labor federation and many union leaders describe her nomination as one that fills the need of having a workers’ champion on the Court.

Portugal snap election likely after left wing rejects Socialist Party’s budget

October 28, 2021 By Morning Star

Communist MPs said the 2022 budget proposal did not contain enough for Portugal’s working class.

Poor People’s Campaign threatens Manchin, Sinema with working-class voters’ power

October 26, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Poor and low-income voters accounted for 35% of the 168 million ballots cast in 2020.

Australia sends military to quarantine working-class communities, leaves wealthy areas untouched

August 13, 2021 By The Guardian, The Workers’ Weekly

In working-class areas and communities of color, authorities are using military might to look like they're controlling the pandemic. Meanwhile, rich neighborhoods with COVID cases go unpoliced.

‘Shuggie Bain’, tale of Scottish working-class life under Thatcherism, wins Booker Prize

July 30, 2021 By Jenny Farrell

Alcoholism and its effect on people and communities is explored from the perspective of a loving and protective child, who observes all the secrecies, shame, and suicidal self-hate it brings.