Home attendants in New York rally May Day to protest 24-hour shifts ( www.workers.org )
The bill would end 24-hour shifts, requiring them to be split into two 12-hour shifts, and would cap the number of hours worked for home attendants to 50 hours per week. Protesters denounced New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, who has refused to bring the bill to a vote and instead sided with home care and insurance...
District Attorney admits hiding evidence in innocent woman’s case ( www.workers.org )
On April 15, Lucio’s children issued the following statement: “We are grateful to our mother’s legal team for their hard work to bring the truth to light and to DA Saenz for taking another look at our mother’s case and recognizing that she did not receive a fair trial and her conviction should be overturned. We hope and...
Poor immigration policy leaves skilled workers vulnerable to employer abuse (again) ( web.archive.org )
Analysis of current data shows that more than one million Indians now sit in employment-based immigration backlogs. Many of these are highly skilled professionals who face potentially decades-long waits to gain permanent residence (a green card) due to a per-country limit and the low annual quota. While they wait they are often...
Chicago’s ruling class falsely blames immigrants for measles outbreak ( www.axios.com )
Immigrants are being falsely blamed for Chicago's measles outbreak due to some cases found in a Pilsen migrant shelter. This cluster contains 12 of 61 reported cases in the city. Doctors cite a combination of resident travel and pockets of unvaccinated natives for the outbreak. Unfortunately, half the people in this migrant...
Iowa governor signs racist law of questionable legality ( www.iowapublicradio.org )
Following last week's update, Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law that purports to allow state and local police to arrest undocumented immigrants. The bill also thinks it can authorize state courts to deport said immigrants. As a quick reminder, immigration policy and enforcement have always been Federal...
Feds vs. UAW — Workers’ control, not government control! ( www.workers.org )
Workers might jump to the conclusion that this investigation, prompted by allegations that Fain is retaliating against other members of the International Executive Board (IEB), is being conducted with UAW members’ best interests in mind. On the surface that might appear to be the case, after the federal investigation led to...
Border vigilantes blur the lines of law enforcement ( www.texasobserver.org )
A recent investigation published by the Texas Observer reports on collusion between armed white supremacist vigilante groups and law enforcement along the southern border, as part of Operation Lone Star. According to the article, members of these groups have been "filming themselves conducting patrols, taking photos of...
‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state. US economy is built on slave labor. ( www.theguardian.com )
Asylum lawyers are even more overworked and stressed this year than last ( www.findlaw.com )
The complex U.S. immigration system has made it difficult for refugees and asylum seekers to secure their rights without legal help. This is doubly true for people whose first language is not English....
Zionists deface Philadelphian café for supporting Palestine ( www.workers.org )
The Lombard Café is located directly across the street from the historic Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, which was formed in 1816 by Richard Allen, a formerly enslaved person. The church is a historic landmark, as it is the oldest parcel of land continuously owned by Black people in the U.S. On Feb. 19, three...
Severe Storms in Houston Leave Four Dead, Hundreds of Thousands Without Power ( thenarinder.in )
Social Security now expected to run short on funds in 2035, one year later than previously projected, Treasury says ( www.cnbc.com )
SUNY BDS movement stages march on Albany for Palestine ( www.workers.org )
During the rally outside the SUNY administration building, activists on the organizing committee of SUNY BDS delivered a petition containing signatures from over 4,000 students calling for divestment. One of the key speakers was Cesar, a Black student activist who was assaulted by a member of his university’s administration,...
Amazon Labor Union, Teamsters take on world’s largest online retailer ( www.workers.org )
The affiliation agreement gives the ALU the exclusive right to organize other New York City area Amazon facilities into the Teamsters union, which has pledged an initial $8 million toward that effort....
Boeing investigates quality problem on undelivered 787s ( www.reuters.com )
Republican Party continues promoting nonsense narrative about “non-citizen voting” ( www.politico.com )
Despite the lack of any evidence that it's happening, and despite the existence of laws that already make it a crime, the GOP is using the "non-citizen voting" bogeyman to scare people and cast further doubt on the integrity of elections....
Cleveland: After encampment, struggle continues ( www.workers.org )
When the encampment opened on April 29, 21 participants were detained in the morning but released without charge. Since then Kaler has repeatedly attempted to intimidate students and supporters. But emails accusing Palestine backers of illegal activity and posted signs reading “No trespassing, private property” and “No...
Bolivian vice president finds solidarity in NYC ( www.workers.org )
The reception was co-hosted by Alliance for Global Justice and the International Action Center and held at the Solidarity Center at 121 West 27th Street in Manhattan....
‘Solidarity ask from UAW 2710 against the repression of protests’ ( www.workers.org )
As workers, we stand in solidarity with our union siblings in SWC-UAW 2710 who were arrested and face suspension. We call for their and their classmates’ immediate reinstatement and for Columbia to drop all charges against them, both legal and academic. We deplore President Shafik’s actions and call for Columbia to...
Arizona’s abortion ban: ‘Control and upholding white supremacy’ ( www.workers.org )
Arizona’s Supreme Court ruling upheld a Civil War-era total abortion ban. This ruling ignores the will of the people in Arizona and denies their bodily autonomy....
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden ( cointelegraph.com )
Seymour Hersh: The Foreign Policy Biden is Putting On the Ballot ( seymourhersh.substack.com )
Hard paywall....
New York City: Solidarity with the Kenyan, Haitian masses ( www.workers.org )
Jason Cohen of Friends of Swazi Freedom noted that the Kenyan police killed at least 20 people on the day they stormed parliament protesting the finance bill and that on June 27 they reportedly killed 250 people as they left a protest....