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Ten years ago, I was working 12-hour days as a warehouse temp in Southern California while my family, like millions of others, struggled to stay afloat in the wake of the Great Recession. Eventually, we lost everything, including the house I grew up in. It was in the years that followed, when hope seemed irrevocably lost and help from above seemed impossibly absent, that I realized the life-saving importance of everyday workers coming together, sharing our stories, showing our scars, and reminding one another that we are not alone. Since then, from starting the podcast Working People—where I interview workers about their lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles—to working as Associate Editor at the Chronicle Review and now as Editor-in-Chief at The Real News Network, I have dedicated my life to lifting up the voices and honoring the humanity of our fellow workers.
 
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Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers walk the picket line in Los Angeles as they begin a three-day strike involving more than 75,000 Kaiser workers on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

Kaiser workers win big after largest healthcare strike in US history

by Maximillian Alvarez December 20, 2023December 20, 2023
Former slave Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos poses with his sickle on the piece of land where he lives and farms at the Nova Conquista settlement on April 8, 2015 in Monsenhor Gil, Piauí state, Brazil. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

These Brazilian farmworkers escaped slavery, now they’re taking back the land

by Maximillian Alvarez December 13, 2023December 20, 2023
Chris Albright (second to left) and Jessica Albright (second to right) pose for a family photo with their children in East Palestine, Ohio, in October 2021. Photo courtesy of Chris Albright.
Posted inClimate Crisis

They were just another East Palestine family—until Norfolk Southern set off a bomb in their lives

by Maximillian Alvarez December 6, 2023December 7, 2023
Starbucks workers are striking due to overwhelming demands and understaffing at many of the stores in New York, USA, on November 16, 2023. Photo by Victor M. Matos/Thenews2/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

Macy’s, Starbucks workers use fake corporate holidays to strike

by Maximillian Alvarez December 1, 2023December 1, 2023
A woman cups a hand by her mouth as she chants at a protest. She is wearing a Palestine sash and a hat that says Palestine. Behind her protesters hold two Palestinian flags of varying sizes.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

Australian Trade Unionists for Palestine are blocking Israeli ships at Melbourne and Sydney ports

by Maximillian Alvarez November 29, 2023March 13, 2024
Amazon Prime lorries are seen at the Amazon fulfilment centre on December 13, 2021, in London, England.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

Amazon fired him for union organizing—1.5 years later, he’s still fighting for accountability

by Maximillian Alvarez November 22, 2023November 24, 2023
Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters converged for the "Shame on Goldman: Ceasefire Now!" rally in Brooklyn, NY, USA, on Nov. 19, 2023.
Posted inWorking People

‘This is McCarthyism all over again’: NY court blocks union from voting on pro-Palestine resolution

by Maximillian Alvarez November 21, 2023January 18, 2024
Activists from Palestine Action unfurl a banner saying Shut Elbit Down as they occupy scaffolding and spray paint the outside of the offices of Aerospace Defence Security on the Albert Embankment on March 28, 2023 in London, England. Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

Meet the activists fighting Zionism with direct action

by Maximillian Alvarez November 17, 2023January 18, 2024
Black and white photo of Palestinian journalist Mohamed el Saife sitting on a curb in Gaza, wearing a PRESS vest, holding a camera, with his arms crossed and head hung low. Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023, courtesy of Mohamed el Safe.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

A three-minute message from Gaza: ‘I lost my house, I lost my memories, I lost everything’

by Maximillian Alvarez November 12, 2023January 20, 2024
A group of dozens of Teamsters and local community members walk a picket line at sunset outside Amazon's BWI5 warehouse in Baltimore on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. On the corner of the intersection stands a "Fat Cat" blowup doll. Photo by Maximillian Alvarez.
Posted inBaltimore

The Teamsters picket Amazon in Baltimore to demand company rehire fired unionized drivers in California

by Maximillian Alvarez November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

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