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April 29, 2020

Workers Plan May Day "People's Strike" to Demand Safer Workplaces
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Workers at some of the biggest corporations in the United States are
planning an unprecedented wave of strikes on May 1, International
Workers' Day. Employees of Amazon, Whole Foods, Walmart, Fed Ex, Target
and Instacart will walk off the job demanding compensation for unpaid
time off work, hazard pay, sick leave, personal protective equipment and
cleaning supplies at workplaces. Many of the workers are part of a
growing coalition that will join a May 1 People's Strike launched by
worker cooperatives in Mississippi. This is Kali Akuno, co-director of
Cooperation Jackson.

Kali Akuno: "We're asking everybody to start with these basics: no work,
no shopping, no rent, no mortgage, no school, no borders, no prisons.
Right? Let us all take joint action together."



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