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UPS worker Gerardo explained what conditions at UPS are like and what he and other workers are demanding in the next contract.

Esteban Chavez Jr., 24, a delivery driver for UPS, died in his truck while delivering packages last week.

Brazilian workers stage strikes and protests against COVID-19 pandemic and social crisis Workers have staged strikes and protests across Brazil against the murderous, uncontrolled spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing social crisis that has driven tens of millions into poverty. The weeks-long strikes by teachers in São Paulo against deadly school reopenings are being joined by a growing number of work stoppages by bus drivers, oil and railway workers, delivery app workers and other sectors as Brazil has recorded nearly 14 million coronavirus infections and a staggering 375,000 deat...

LOGISTICS workers will use strike action if needed to defend pay and conditions against bosses’ “creeping culture” of fire-and-rehire tactics, the Unite union pledged today. Warning that shop stewards across the distribution and retail sectors were reporting attempts by employers to “salami slice” pay and conditions, blaming “market conditions,” the union signalled its intention to draw “a line in the sand” against the practice. Unite reps at a number of companies, including Argos, Eddie Stobart, the Co-op, Gist, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Wincanton, were concerned...

Corn Futures Touch Fresh 7-Year High on Roaring China Demand Bloomberg 1/27/2021 Kim Chipman and Nicholas Larkin (Bloomberg) -- Corn prices in Chicago reached a seven-year high with China’s appetite for the grain stoking global supply concerns. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday unveiled corn export sales to China of 680,000 tons, as well as 132,000 tons of soybeans. That’s on top of a 1.36-million-ton corn export sale to China reported Tuesday, marking the Asian country’s largest one-day purchase from the U.S. since July. China is buying up record amounts...