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• 全美各地已为“May Day Strong”示威活动策划了离岗罢工、游行及其他集会 • 为迎接周五的国际劳动节，数千人将参加一场经济大封锁，这也是全美3,500场“May Day Strong”活动的一部分。组织者呼吁“罢课、罢工、不购物”，并计划在晚间举行罢工、游行、街区派对和其他集会。 • 五一劳动节长期以来一直是劳工运动的年度抗议日，今年许多活跃的运动正汇聚在一起，为建设“一个重视工人利益而非亿万富翁利益的国家”而奋斗。“May Day Strong”联盟要求撤销 ICE、停止战争并向富人征税，其成员包括工会、移民权利组织、Democratic Socialists of America 等政治组织，以及 No Kings 抗议活动的组织者。

Actions expected to exceed 3,000 as unions and groups expand protests inspired by Minnesota ICE crackdownLabor unions, democratic organizations and community groups are organizing an economic blackout this year to commemorate May Day, International Workers Day, inspired by the economic blackout in Minnesota during the massive ICE operation in the state.May Day Strong events are being planned across the US, with organizers calling for “no school, no work, no shopping”, in protest of government policies they say put billionaires’ needs above those of workers. Continue reading...

Transfer of medical services from hospital to former Wilko store is improving healthcare access and boosting footfallIt is a revolution that might just save the NHS – and the high street. Imagine being able to have your eyes tested, mole examined or get an appointment with a consultant without going to your local hospital – and maybe fit in some shopping or a cinema visit afterwards.That, increasingly, is what people in Barnsley are doing after an unprecedented relocation of medical services from the district general hospital into a purpose-built outpatients centre in the Alhambra shopping centre, which is getting a new lease of life thanks to the experiment. Continue reading...