On Monday, May 6, 2019, workers of the CODEVI free trade zone in Ounaminthe, Haiti went on strike to protest a wage tax imposed by the Haitian state. The alleged tax is for social services which the workers have never received though it has been effect for some time.
Read MoreOver 70,000 Maquilador (Sweatshops located on the US-Mexico Border) workers have been on strike for weeks in Matamoros, Mexico - just south of Brownsville Texas.
Read MoreDuring the Great Depression jobs were scarce for working class people, especially African-American workers. Working as a porter for the Pullman Rail Company was one option that came with compounded pay discrimination as darker complexion employees took home a third as much
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