Mass Public Housing Program Needed! (7/11/2023) - by Angus McFarland The housing crisis is still with us. House prices are near their all-time high with the Federal Reserve Bank raising interest rates, making it wildly unaffordable for many working people to make monthly mortgage payments. Apartment rents are still sky-high while wages have remained well behind inflation, meaning a real-dollar pay cutContinue reading "Mass Public Housing Program Needed!"
Solidarity with House Staff Unionizing: Interview with a Mass. General Brigham Hospital Worker (7/7/2023) - by Peggy Wang (APA, MTA/NEA – personal capacity) Below is an interview with a healthcare provider and labor activist at Mass General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. A union drive organizing the “House Staff”, Residents (doctors in training) and Fellows (medical specialists in training), is taking place across the Mass General Brigham (MGB) health corporation. TheContinue reading "Solidarity with House Staff Unionizing: Interview with a Mass. General Brigham Hospital Worker"
No Cuts to Medicaid! Fight for Universal Healthcare (4/29/2023) - Millions Lose Medicaid Coverage in Biden’s “Unwinding” by Emery Addams and Milena GermonPortland, ME As COVID-19 spread across the globe in 2020, the U.S. federal government declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE). Working-class people were—and still are—getting sick and dying rapidly. The PHE declaration offered a bandaid measure: temporarily increasing access and eligibility for MedicaidContinue reading "No Cuts to Medicaid! Fight for Universal Healthcare"
NYC Public Sector Workers Fight Attacks on Pay and Healthcare (3/29/2023) - Rank & File Union Members Organizing Photo: Packed NYC Labor Notes session about the Public Sector Rank and File (PSRF) initiative. by Daniel Neuman NYCUnited Federation of Teachers (UFT) (personal capacity) The current period is a tumultuous time for New York City (NYC) municipal workers as old contracts expire and new contracts are negotiated. TheContinue reading "NYC Public Sector Workers Fight Attacks on Pay and Healthcare"
International Women’s Day 2023: Post-Roe Struggles Deepen (3/6/2023) - Working class women need abortion rights, paid family leave, & child care by Claire BaylerWorcester, MA March 8th, 2023 marks the first International Women’s Day (IWD) since the overturn of Roe vs. Wade. Capitalism is on the offensive against working women, denying us the right to choose if, when, and how to have families andContinue reading "International Women’s Day 2023: Post-Roe Struggles Deepen"
Monkeypox: Next Capitalist Health Crisis (9/29/2022) - by Milena Germon and Ben Desjarlais According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 has infected over 600 million people worldwide and accounted for over 6 million deaths–although bias and underreporting factors could mean that the data we have is a conservative guess at best. When the pandemic initially took hold, it became clear thatContinue reading "Monkeypox: Next Capitalist Health Crisis"
Kansas Abortion Ban Referendum Defeated (9/22/2022) - by Elizabeth Rogers In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v Wade to federally protect abortion rights in the United States. Less than 50 years later, the Supreme Court overturned it in June 2022. This landmark decision means states now have the individual power to determine if abortion is legal. As a result, 136Continue reading "Kansas Abortion Ban Referendum Defeated"
