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•
Jerry White•
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Erik Schreiber•
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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.
Australia: Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee supports striking US nurses and healthcare workers
Australian doctors, nurses, pathology and disability support workers, as well as other hospital services employees, passed a powerful resolution backing the determined strike action by health workers in New York, California and Hawaii.
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Thomas “TJ” Sabula is back at work—but the lessons must be learned
Ford worker Thomas “TJ” Sabula has reportedly returned to work after being suspended without pay for calling Donald Trump a “pedophile protector” during the president's January 13 tour of the plant.
Ford Rouge Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Which way forward after the nurses’ rejection of the agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital?
Determined to win safe staffing and secure workplaces, the nurses must now wrest control of the strike from the union bureaucrats, expand the struggle to other hospitals and adopt a new strategy based on rank-and-file power and political independence.
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Oil workers: Reject the national agreement! Mobilize to prevent isolation of BP Whiting workers!
Refinery workers must organize themselves from below to fight for a deal that meets their demands, taking all actions necessary, up to and including a national strike.
International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees•
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Carl Bronski•
Transport Workers Action Committee•
New York Healthcare Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee•
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