Railroad workers have reached a new tentative union contract with rail companies, averting a potential strike set to start on Friday that could have shut down rail service across the United States. The deal, which has yet to be released in writing and ratified by union members, is said to grant one paid sick day to workers, allow workers to attend medical appointments without being subject to attendance policies, and give a “semblance of a schedule” to rail workers, who are currently on call to work 24/7.
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Modest (insipid) Green New Deal proposals miss the point – Part 2
The response to climate change can only be a robust economic, political, and social revolution, but we have a lot of people tinkering on the edges. Read here Read Part 1 here
Geopolitics
Anders Stephanson – American destiny?
Is Trump a destinarian, determined to expand the frontiers of the United States, or merely an opportunist looking to exercise the ‘art of the deal’? In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Kris van der Pas: Litigating the EU-Turkey Deal on Asylum Seekers
Three Dutch NGOs are suing the Netherlands for supporting the EU-Turkey deal, arguing that the conditions under which asylum seekers are being held repeatedly violate human rights. Read HERE Photo: Ggia/Wikimedia Commons
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