Amazon, UPS lead new wave of mass layoffs in 2026
A new and far-reaching wave of mass layoffs is sweeping the United States, marking a decisive escalation in the ruling class’s assault on the working class.
Jerry White•
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Amazon announces thousands of new layoffs as corporate and tech jobs bloodbath continues into new year
Amazon announced a second round of job cuts Friday as part of its goal of laying off 30,000 employees.
Dan Conway•
Seasonal workers at Amazon face grueling quotas and draconian computerized surveillance
Amazon workers face grueling quotas and draconian computerized surveillance techniques, used to enforce productivity during the peak holiday season with resultant injury rates double the industry average.
T.J. Garrison•
Online meeting November 16: Build rank-and-file committees to fight layoffs and hunger!
The trillions hoarded by the billionaires must be expropriated and used to meet social needs: secure, well-paid jobs for all, healthcare, housing, education, and the eradication of hunger and poverty.
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
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Build rank-and-file committees at all Amazon facilities!
The International Amazon Workers Voice is assisting workers in the building of a network of interconnected rank-and-file committees of Amazon and logistics workers, as well as autoworkers, educators, and workers in other key sections of industry.
Fill out this form to join the committee nearest you. If a committee at your workplace does not exist, we will help you build one.
Whatever the outcome of the RWDSU re-vote, workers face the urgent necessity of establishing independent, rank-and-file organizations to fight for their interests.
Build the New York Healthcare workers Rank-and-File Committee to prevent a sellout and expand the nurses’ strike!
On the one hand, the strike has won immense public support, but on the other, NYSNA is preparing a sellout on management's terms. The strike can be won, but only if healthcare workers take matters into their own hands.
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Make 2026 the start of a fightback at Royal Mail against CWU collusion with EP Group and Starmer government
Immediately levelling up new entrants and opposing unsafe workloads means asserting what is right and necessary against the profit interest of the private-equity billionaires at EP Group
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Peak season disaster at Alabama USPS facility shows need for rank-and-file control of staffing
Workers at Huntsville are working 14 hours a day; workers are being pulled from other regional facilities and boxes are piling up in front of fire exits, a clear safety hazard.
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Australia: Staff members expose disastrous “Reset” at Western Sydney University
Many displaced WSU workers are being shunted into lower-paid positions, face higher workloads or are yet to be allocated alternative positions.
A WSU Rank-and-File Committee member•
USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
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National Steel Car Rank-and-File Committee•
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