PITTSBURGH, PA – Today, a group of several hundred, mostly African-American sanitation workers in Pittsburgh, members of Teamsters Local 249, went out on an illegal, wildcat strikes to protest unsafe working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The strike comes as momentum for strikes goes with #GeneralStrike becoming the top trending topic
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This evening, the UAW announced that 2 UAW members employed at Chrylser have died of COVID-19.
“I can confirm that two UAW members who had tested positive, one at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant and one in Kokomo, at the Kokomo Transmission Plant (in Indiana), have passed. Both worked for
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Newly elected Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear has received praise for his handling of the COVID-crisis. However, workers in manufacturing say that the Governor’s office has been slow in shutting down non-essential manufacturing.
This week, the state of Kentucky launched a hotline (1-833-KY-SAFER) for workers to call to report
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(UPDATE: After receiving hundreds of angry tweets, Gibson Guitar announced today that they would not be re-opening their factory on Monday)
Nashville-based Gibson Guitars last week ordered its headquarters employees to work from home to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
However, out at its factory, on old Massam Drive in
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Today, General Motors announced plans to shutter its plants employing more than 45,000 people across the United States.
At first, Derrick McKibben, at General Motors’ plant in Fort Wayne, was relieved, and then today, he got a letter from his plant general manager Gary Duff.
“To ensure an orderly
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