The Fight for PPE and Our Lives in the Eyes of a Socialist Nurse
COVID-19 SpotlightNYC nurse Tre K returns to reflect on how the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the failures of the healthcare system and her union’s leadership.
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The Essential Workforce
Class HeroBy Rebecca C The Coronavirus crisis has laid bare some awful truths about the world we live in. We have been given ample warning about […]
Campaigning for News Guild leadership with an eye to the future
Rank and FileBy Annie Shields What is your occupation? (You don’t need to specify the company if you prefer not to.) I am the engagement editor at […]
Rank and File: Expanding the reach of WGAE with Annie Z
Rank and FileWhat is your occupation? (You don’t need to specify the company if you prefer not to.) I am an animator/designer at a large media company. […]
Rank and File: Taking PSC-CUNY back to school
Rank and FileWhat is your occupation? (You don’t need to specify the company if you prefer not to.) My name is Jamila Hammami, and I am an […]
Sex Work is Work, Stop Criminalizing It.
SpotlightBy Charlotte A Sex workers have spent decades fighting for decriminalization of their livelihood. Recently, their demands have moved into the limelight in New York. […]
NYSNA Part II: Bargaining, Backsliding, and Bravery
Rank and FileBy Tre K What is your occupation? I’m a nurse working night shift in a medical intensive care unit at The Mount Sinai Hospital located […]
Rank and File: Hilton Houseman Pedro on the Hotel Trade Council
Rank and FileBy Pedro What is your occupation? (You don’t need to specify the company if you prefer not to.) I’m a housekeeping houseman at a Hilton […]
Rank and File: NYSNA nurse Tim M on striking for safe staffing
Rank and FileTim M discusses what it’s like to be a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital, and why he and his fellow nurses recently voted to authorize a strike.
Critical Mass
SpotlightBy the Labor Branch OC Unions have developed a negative reputation as exclusive organizations which fight only for paychecks for their members at the expense […]