Another smasher from Aditya Chakrabortty on post industrial England, exemplified by the exploitative giant Amazon and Sports Direct warehouses near Mansfield, which shamefully are supported by our public money.

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Chronic pain and ravaged mental health: this is the brutal reality of Britain’s new working class | Aditya Chakrabortty | The Guardian
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Chronic pain and ravaged mental health: this is the brutal reality of Britain’s new working class

The story of former Amazon worker Karolina Sobczak reveals much about the people who keep our society running – at huge personal cost, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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The Small Midwestern Cities That Could Play a Pivotal Role in This Year’s Elections
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For all the talk about big-city Democrats and rural Republicans, it's the voters in overlooked places like Sandusky, #Ohio, and Racine, #Wisconsin, who could decide everything from key congressional races to the presidency.

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Small Midwestern Cities Could Be Key to 2024 Elections

For all the talk about big-city Democrats and rural Republicans, it’s the voters in overlooked places like Sandusky, Ohio, and Racine, Wisconsin, who could decide everything from key congressional races to the presidency.

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Today in Labor History October 24, 1892: Black and white teamsters, salesmen and packers struck together in New Orleans, paralyzing commerce throughout the city. It quickly turned into a General Strike. Workers were fighting for a 10-hour work day. They were soon joined by non-industrial workers, such as musicians, clothing workers, clerks, utility workers, streetcar drivers and printers. The bosses and media tried to stoke sectarian violence by repeating lies that black mobs were rampaging through the streets beating up white women and children, but the workers refused to break ranks and continued to show solidarity with each other, regardless of skin color. In the end, the workers won the 10-hour workday and overtime pay, but the employers refused to accept the union shop or to recognize the unions as representatives of the workers.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #neworleans #nola #generalstrike #solidarity #racism #strike #union #BlackMastadon