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Matamoros Worker's Strike - The Power of our Unity

Matamoros Worker's Strike - The Power of our Unity

Over 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.

HappeningsWorkers StruggleJanuary 31, 2019strike, matamoros, internationalism, working class

Work All Day, Barely Survive: We’re Being Squeezed and There’s a Reason

We work most days,
sometimes all
profits up and wages fall

Struggle ArtWorkers StruggleNovember 6, 2016ricardito, poem, rhymes, culture, art, poetry, working class

Non-Jobs Don’t Count: The Working Class Perspective on the Unemployment Rate

Last week there was some debate over how many Americans are actually out of work, i.e., the “real” unemployment rate. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency within the US Department of Labor, put the official number at a laughable 5.3%, down from 6.1% the previous year.

AnalysisWorkers StruggleJuly 15, 2015unemployment, economy, working class, bourgeois economics, perspective