在可能是世界历史上最大的罢工中,印度成千上万抗议莫迪总理的政策
今天,据估计印度有10亿工人中的四分之一进行了罢工,抗议纳伦德拉·莫迪(Narendra Modi)的种族主义和“反人民”,“反工人”政策。
今天,据估计印度有10亿工人中的四分之一进行了罢工,抗议纳伦德拉·莫迪(Narendra Modi)的种族主义和“反人民”,“反工人”政策。
企业高管们越来越自信地向民主党和工会领导人求爱,共同努力挫败跨种族劳工运动,这是唯一一场与富豪们争夺平局的战斗力量。
作者 Jon Jeter
MINNEAPOLIS -- (Analysis) Three scenes from America’s class war: In 1897, the president of Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills in Atlanta hired 20 Negro women to work in the folding department of one of the mills. The other 1,400 workers, all white, promptly walked off the job in protest. According the historian Philip S. Foner in his book Organized
Jon Jeter is a published book author and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist with more than 20 years of journalistic experience. He is a former Washington Post bureau chief and award-winning foreign correspondent on two continents, as well as a former radio and television producer for Chicago Public Media’s “This American Life.”
无论白宫,华尔街还是华盛顿新闻队表达的喜庆,快乐的日子绝对不会再次出现在这里。那么,对于越来越多的美国人来说,乌托邦失业率和反乌托邦现实之间的巨大裂缝是什么原因呢?
作者 Jon Jeter
WASHINGTON -- The Trump Administration and the media were positively giddy at the news: the U.S. had added 223,000 jobs in May, representing a record 92nd consecutive month of jobs growth, and reducing the unemployment rate to 3.8 percent, its lowest level since the height of the dotcom boom in 2000. “New Milestones in Jobs Report Signals a
Jon Jeter is a published book author and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist with more than 20 years of journalistic experience. He is a former Washington Post bureau chief and award-winning foreign correspondent on two continents, as well as a former radio and television producer for Chicago Public Media’s “This American Life.”
On the broader media culture of anecdotes in lieu of the macro, moralizing “success” rather than questioning systemic problems.
作者 Adam Johnson
You’ve seen or heard or read the personal interest story a thousand times: An enterprising seven-year-old collects cans to save for college, a man with unmatched moxie
Are we are in another credit bubble getting ready to pop?
作者 Dan Wright
Published in partnership with Shadow Proof. Yet more evidence that having a Wall Street-led recovery was a bad idea. The third installment in the Reuters series on post-crash Corporate America, called “The Cannibilized Company,” details a sad state of
Some companies have explicitly said that they will close in order to let employees be home with friends and family. Staples said, “We want our customers and associates to enjoy Thanksgiving their own way” by closing. “Family time is extremely important to us, and we want our associates to enjoy the holiday with their loved ones.”
On Thursday, most Americans will gather together with family and friends to have dinner and celebrate Thanksgiving. But not everyone will be able to enjoy the holiday the way they’d like. Eleven brands say they will be open on Thanksgiving this year, requiring millions of workers to show up for shifts during the national holiday. CREDIT:
MintPress attended a recent panel discussion on how Wal-Mart workers are organizing — or failing to organize — to protect their rights everywhere from “Bentonville to Beijing.”
WASHINGTON --- Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Since that time, the retailer has made its way around the globe, shutting down small businesses and trampling on workers’ rights in its quest to deliver “everyday low prices.” Wal-Mart represents what Nelson Lichtenstein describes as the heart of “a
Sean Nevins is a Washington DC based staff writer for MintPress focusing on foreign affairs, and the intersection of politics and policy. His work has appeared on Link TV, Inter Press Service, and The Real News Network. He has lived and reported from all over the world and holds a Master’s in Asian Studies (focus: Pakistan) from Lund University in Sweden.