Tag: labor
New report outlines Trump’s actual work agenda: ‘Drop dead’
"Trump has betrayed America's workforce, sacrificing lives at the altar of industry profits."
Unpaid: Inside the ‘lawless jungle’ of worker exploitation after Hurricane Harvey
The amount of money not paid to workers after Hurricane Harvey is unknown.
National prison strike begins: Prisoners in 17 states demand end to...
Prisoners in at least 17 states are expected to participate in the coordinated sit-ins, hunger strikes, work stoppages and commissary boycotts from today until Sept. 9.
$1 an hour to fight largest fire in CA history: Are...
According to some estimates, California avoids spending about $80-$100 million a year by using prison labor to fight its biggest environmental problem.
Wait, you’re sanctioning us?!
It's time for the world to blacklist Trump, his associates, and his businesses.
The roadblock to common sense pension reform
Vote for legislators who want to allow workers to save for retirement and against legislators who are shills for the financial sector.
Why wages are going nowhere
The combination of high corporate profits and growing corporate political power has created a vicious cycle.
Disneyland Resort becomes one of the highest minimum wages in country...
The minimum wage increase comes after four labor unions representing employees pressured Disneyland Resort for months.
Collective action is key to keeping labor strong
As long as workers band together, they can make concrete improvements in their working conditions.
How corporations plan to use Janus to turn workers against their...
A union buster may be coming to your door.
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A First Lady in a New York Cell
One year later, Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, languishes in a cell in New York City, having been dragged out of her room and kidnapped by U.S. forces on the Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela.
Daniel Ellsberg speaks to us as the war on Iran continues
"We owe it to our troops, as well as to other potential victims of this war, to speak the truth about ourselves: what we believe, what we reject, and what we want.”
Why guns?
From personal power to autocracy in Donald Trump's America
Homer nails uncivilized, all-devouring MAGA Trump brutality – and strategic aikido to return fire
As Polyphemus falls to the aikido of seeming weaklings, Trump underestimates top experts, battling Democrats, anti-oligarchy citizens and committed activists promoting prosperity for the many, even (yikes!) sharing the wealth.
Netanyahu says Iran assault ‘is not an endless war’ as US signals escalation and...
Officials reject “endless war” comparisons while warning of harsher strikes and acknowledging additional losses.