.@sarahljaffe’s new book “Work Won’t Love You Back” looks at the rise of toxic workplaces and the evolution of the “labor of love” myth. “I think everyone’s job has gotten a lot worse in the past year,” she says. “I think we’re all realizing how much worse things can get.”
Michael Foster, an organizer with @RWDSU, says those fighting to unionize Amazon workers in Alabama face a big challenge. “We, as the union, trying to take on Amazon in a right-to-work state gives you the perfect image of David and Goliath.”
Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are leading a historic union drive to demand better working conditions. “We need an even playing field,” says Jennifer Bates, a worker organizing with @BAmazonUnion. “We want to be treated like people and not ignored when we have issues.”
The impact of the pandemic and ability to reopen schools has fallen “along the lines of race, racism, equity and inequity,” says @CTULocal1’s @stacydavisgates. “Guidelines are one thing. The implementation and then the enforcement are quite another.”
Teachers demand safety protocols during the pandemic, including prioritization for vaccines and accommodations for at-risk people. When those conditions are met, "the people who are in school trust it and trust that they’re going to be safe,” says @AFTunion’s @rweingarten.
House impeachment managers laid out “a very good criminal case” against Trump despite his acquittal in the impeachment trial, says journalist @ElieNYC. “Republicans have failed this country so completely, that now it’s up to law enforcement." democracynow.org/2021/2/16/elie…
In Guatemala, dozens of girls and women led a bike caravan in Guatemala City Saturday, protesting skyrocketing violence against women, children and youth in the country. democracynow.org/2021/2/16/head…
Ecuador's presidential front-runner, economist @ecuarauz, says the country is facing a “double crisis” of COVID-19 and austerity. “We’re facing what we call a lack of trust within Ecuadorian society, and we need to fix that as soon as possible.” democracynow.org/2021/2/16/andr…
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Ecuadorian presidential candidate Andrés Arauz says he rejects foreign interference in Latin America, including in Venezuela. "We hope the Biden administration will stay away from trying to create division within the region," he says. democracynow.org/2021/2/16/andr…
In the Morocco-occupied Western Sahara, renowned Sahrawi activist Sultana Khaya was brutally assaulted last weekend by Moroccan agents in her home in the city of Boujdour. democracynow.org/2021/2/16/head…
The Nation's @ElieNYC says House impeachment managers presented "a fairly compelling case for criminal liability" for Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection. "I think there's a case for indictment. I think we should at least try." democracynow.org/2021/2/16/elie…
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Andrés Arauz says he rejects foreign interference in Latin America, including in Venezuela. "We hope the Biden administration will stay away from trying to create division within the region," he says.
Ecuador's presidential front-runner @ecuarauz, who faces a runoff election in April, says the country is facing a “double crisis” of COVID-19 and austerity. “We’re facing what we call a lack of trust within Ecuadorian society, and we need to fix that as soon as possible.”
House impeachment managers laid out “a very good criminal case” against Trump despite his acquittal in the impeachment trial, says @ElieNYC. “Republicans have failed this country so completely, that now it’s up to law enforcement."