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Amazon-Union Busting
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Labor Board official calls for union revote at Bessemer

August 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), who challenged the union recognition vote at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse in April won a significant victory on August 2. A hearing officer from […]
Fight for $15 McDonald's strike on May 19, 2021
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Nationwide Strike Against McDonald’s

June 13, 2021 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff A demonstration was held in the city of Detroit calling for a long delayed demand to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. This action was called by Fight for […]
Protesters rally in solidarity with essential workers against Kroger Co ’s plan to shutdown stores
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Los Angeles community groups organize to fight “food deserts”

May 12, 2021 fwstaff
By SoCal SCLC [Editor’s Note: Detroit knows about “food deserts.” The 26th largest city in the United States with a population of over 664,000, Detroit saw its last major chain supermarket close in 2007. Kroger […]
An Amazon-sponsored billboard in Bessemer, Ala.
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Voter Suppression and the Amazon “NO” Vote

April 29, 2021 fwstaff
By David Sole The eyes of millions of workers and all the big bankers and bosses were fixed on Bessemer, Alabama over the past several months. Around 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers had been organizing to […]
One of Musk’s rockets landing (on Earth)
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Elon Musk and his Martian adventure

April 3, 2021 fwstaff
By Chris Fry I am accumulating resources to help make life multiplanetary & extend the light of consciousness to the stars. These are the words of billionaire owner Elon Musk, second richest guy in America […]
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Milwaukee Solidarity Picket For Alabama Amazon Workers

March 17, 2021 fwstaff
By wibailoutpeople.org A diverse group of Milwaukee area and statewide Wisconsin labor and community organizations will hold a solidarity picket to support Amazon workers Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 10 A.M. at 2305 N Prospect […]
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What happens if Trump tries to steal the election?

November 2, 2020 fwstaff
  By David Sole With only days left before the November 3 U.S. elections many are focused on turning out voters for their preferred candidates. However some groups and individuals are making plans on what […]
The AFL-CIO labor federation, headed by Richard Trumka, is seeing the terms general strike and resistance against tyranny, bandied about.
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Community groups, Unions Taking Fascist Threats Seriously

October 26, 2020 fwstaff
By David Sole With less than two weeks left before the November 3 U.S. elections there are signs that some sectors of the population are taking Donald Trump’s threat seriously to refuse to recognize an […]
GEO strikers picket a U of M construction site on Wed, Sept 9
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Strike ends at U of Michigan by graduate student workers

September 22, 2020 fwstaff
    By Detroit Fighting Words Staff On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), AFT Local 3550, went on strike against the University of Michigan, demanding increased COVID-19 protections, including the right to […]
WI Bailout the People Movement placards
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Wisconsin organizer speaks to Fighting Words

September 6, 2020 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Questions directed to Dorothy Brown for the Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement from Fighting-Words.net. Before the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, what was the movement of Black […]