Striking Workers Around the World

Workers here in the U.S. and around the world have had enough of low pay, bad working conditions, bad healthcare and not enough working hours or too many with no overtime pay. Employers forcing employees to work faster create a safety issue, like what occurs at the Amazon warehouses, which employees report accidents, such as getting shocked by touching metal railings, and even deaths occurring. In Chile, there are 1,700 workers are on strike at Walmart due to low wages and job safety issues from forced to work faster and job cuts. This strike has closed 130 stores. In California, the grocery outlets of Albertsons, Ralphs, Vons and Pavilions, workers are rallying for higher wages and more hours. The local union is United Food and Commercial Workers, one worker said when they asked for more hours, their hours were reduced. “We are not even making minimum wage,” the person said. The London Train Cleaners joined a 48-hour work stoppage over the accelerated shift schedules and pay cuts. The workers of our world need good unions to protect them and they need the will to fight and hit the streets. They need to pick the time for their fights just like in a war. They need the high ground (public support), they need the sun at their backs (which blinds the enemy) to what their plans are. All workers should read the Art of War. The fight will never end. So don’t every relax and think someone else will do the fighting for young the retirees must also keep up the fight on behalf of the workers. For at this time almost half of all U.S. workers live paycheck to paycheck. Most cannot even take care of a $400 emergency expense. One quarter of U.S residents skipped necessary medical care in 2018 because they couldn’t afford the cost. There is no boom for the workers. The boom is on Wall Street. Workers have more debt than ever before, which is making the fastest growing job is the Repo Man.