Global Capitalism
Worker strikes as liberation — way back then, and today
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Drawing parallels between the Exodus story and current political struggles, Jonathan Rosenblum honors striking workers who are standing up to modern-day Pharaohs.
Tikkun (https://www.tikkun.org/author/a_rosenblumj/)
Drawing parallels between the Exodus story and current political struggles, Jonathan Rosenblum honors striking workers who are standing up to modern-day Pharaohs.
The push for $15 per hour at SeaTac was about more than just paychecks—it was an interfaith, values-based struggle against power inequality.
In exposing unsafe working conditions to the public, the refinery workers are raising not just contract demands, but a deeper challenge about the immorality of a profit-driven production system that simply monetizes the loss of human life on corporate spreadsheets.