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Workers Struggles: The Americas Latin America Puerto Rican electrical workers union calls one-day strike over government energy contract On March 3, the Electrical and Irrigation Workers Union (Utier) of Puerto Rico announced a 24-hour strike to begin at 10 PM, March 8. The purpose of the stoppage will be two-fold: to hold a protest at the Capitol and to publicly attend a presentation outside the Chamber of Representatives as part of the investigation of the contract between the administration ...

Mail carriers refuse to deliver newspaper that stokes anti-Asian racism Epoch Times spreads misinformation On February 2, Ramiro Sepulveda, a Canada Post employee, returned to work after an emergency suspension that came about after he refused to deliver a copy of the Epoch Times. Sepulveda is the second of two workers who took this action after notifying the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) – the other, Linying Su, was born in China and cited a concern about anti-Asian sentiment bein...

Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, March 2 More than 100 labour, community and civil society organisations in Canada and other countries have issued joint statement in solidarity with farmers of India. The organisations include Canadian Labour Congress, Alberta Federation of Labour, British Columbia Federation of Labour, British Columbia Teachers’ Federation, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Manitoba Federation of Labour, National Union of Public and General Employ...

NationofChange Democrats have a huge opportunity to expand their base and they’re ignoring it It’s past time for progressive Democrats to stop focusing on the places they win votes easily, in the cities and the suburbs and to go where the Republicans win by default: rural America. Image credit: Georgia Democrats/Flickr Check out the map of so-called Red and Blue states, and also note how in the Red states, most Blue voters are jammed into more densely populated urban cen...

Canadian Labour, Civil Society Groups Express Solidarity With Protesting Farmers "The farmers are literally sacrificing their well-being and putting their lives on the line to uphold these constitutional guarantees on behalf of all the people of India and are setting a glorious example to the entire world." Members of various farmer organisations during a protest against the Centres new farm laws, in Tarn Taran district, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Photo: PTI Rights28/Feb/2021 New Delhi: A grou...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Petitions to oust Trump USPS board and postmaster DeJoy top 1.1M signatures February 25, 2021 10:35 AM CDT By PAI Letter carrier Angel Garcia delivers mail to a snow-covered neighborhood, Feb. 17, 2021, in Richardson, Texas. "Were going slow, but we are getting it delivered," Ga...

In Wednesday’s House hearing, she asked Louis DeJoy why the USPS board is entirely white and male. Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush pressed United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about diversity on Wednesday. In a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Bush asked why — although the lower ranks of postal employees are largely people of color — the board is entirely white and male.

Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2021 13:57 Delivery workers whose jobs are controlled by apps are working with a major Canadian union to try to press for better working conditions. The couriers organizing the Gig Workers United campaign say the status quo is “simply unsafe and unliveable” and they want employers and legislators to make fundamental changes.  “Our demands are reasonable but our vision is big,” said courier Arash Manouchehrian. “We need liveable wages, and transpar...

Coronavirus Update: COVID-19 death toll in U.S. surpasses 500,000 Jessie Willms and Lacy Atalick Published February 22, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Good evening, here are the coronavirus updates you need to know tonight. Top headlines: In the last 7 days, 390 deaths a...

Ontario labour inspectors are homing in on warehouses and distribution centres, but the site of a major workplace COVID-19 outbreak isnt included in the ongoing inspections: Canada Post.