Her comments came amid heightened tensions in Chicago between demonstrators and law enforcement. Last weekend, six people were shot – one fatally — 240 people were arrested and roughly 20 police officers were injured, the Associated Press reported. On Friday, the current Chicago Police Board president, Ghian Foreman, accused officers of hitting him with batons … Continue reading Chicago Mayor Says Police Union Is ‘Extraordinarily Reluctant To Embrace Reform’ – Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
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Bus Drivers Refuse To Help Police, Prison Labor Replaces Meatpackers And More
With protests erupting all over Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, cops are attempting to arrest protesters in mass. However, some bus drivers in Minneapolis are refusing to use their buses to transport protestors to jail. “As a transit worker and union member, I refuse to transport my class and radical youth,” Minneapolis bus … Continue reading Bus Drivers Refuse To Help Police, Prison Labor Replaces Meatpackers And More
Iceland Bailed Out Workers And Unions, Not Too Big To Fail Banksters
ICELAND CHOSE NOT TO BAIL OUT THE 1% AND TOO BIG TO FAIL BANKSTERS, AND THRIVED AS A RESULTAs Iceland's banking system went into meltdown at the start of the global financial crisis, it came under enormous pressure from the rest of Europe to accept crippling austerity measures that would have burdened its people for … Continue reading Iceland Bailed Out Workers And Unions, Not Too Big To Fail Banksters
PBS; New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire – The Reason For Worker Rights, Unions, Voting Women, Safety Laws, And More
Watch Triangle Fire on PBS. See more from American Experience.Click on link below to see the rest of the movie..http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/player/"It was the deadliest workplace accident in New York City’s history. A dropped match on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sparked a fire that killed over a hundred innocent people trapped inside. The … Continue reading PBS; New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire – The Reason For Worker Rights, Unions, Voting Women, Safety Laws, And More
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