Friday, November 13, 2026
A grocery store aisle. Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

AFL-CIO report warns digital shelf labels could cost retail workers billions in wages

Maryland and New Jersey have already moved to restrict the technology, betting its pricing infrastructure poses as much risk to shoppers as to store staff.
A hospital emergency room entrance in Forest Grove, Oregon. Photo: M.O. Stevens / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hospitals Have a Little-Known Tool To Prevent Medical Debt. Here’s How It Works.

Getting financial assistance from hospitals often involves filling out cumbersome forms. Some states now require hospitals to identify and automatically enroll patients eligible for charity care.
Sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C.

Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds

The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
Fishing boats are moored in a harbor beneath a cloudy sky.

StarKist Tuna Supply Chain Linked to Forced Labor

Neither StarKist nor its parent company responded to union leaders' requests to negotiate amid the allegations raised in an investigation by Global Labor Justice.
Job seekers talk with recruiters at tables during a job fair in a large hall.

Payrolls rose 165,000 in October while wages grew 3.1% in a year

Part-time work for economic reasons rose by 339,000 to 4.8 million, and Black unemployment stood at 6.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Farmworkers harvest sweet potatoes. Photo: USDA, public domain

Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful

The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.
Workers processing onions at a farm in Glennville, Georgia. Photo: USDA / public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Workers Help Feed the World but Starved of Dignity

A report reveals widespread labour exploitation among food workers, warning that keeping the world fed comes at the cost of human dignity.
A remittance and currency exchange shop. Photo: NAU JAG 202 HWOAM / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Outpacing Foreign Aid, Migrant Remittances Are a Lifeline Ensuring Families Are Fed and Healthy,...

Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural families out of poverty, according to IFAD.
The Whitney Museum of American Art on Gansevoort Street in New York. Photo: Jim Henderson

Whitney Museum union sets Monday strike deadline days before Lichtenstein retrospective

UAW Local 2110 is asking for a $71,000 salary floor, a figure drawn from a New York City cost of living report.
Union members at a campaign rally in St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Why More Political Campaigns Should Unionize

Building better campaigns starts with better worker protections.