Tag: labor
Labor education starts in school
Giving K-12 students the language, information, and tools they need to protect themselves from workplace exploitation is a critical tool to reversing the nation’s capitalism-fueled inequality.
How union workers are fighting for a life outside of the...
A bill would limit mandatory overtime to no more than two hours per day and require employers to provide a week’s notice before mandating extra hours or changing a worker’s schedule.
Bernie Sanders champions ’32-hour work week with no loss in pay’
"Changes that benefit the working class of our country are not going to be easily handed over by the corporate elite. They have to be fought for—and won."
Ignoring warnings of mass job loss, Fed hikes rates to highest...
"The Fed should end its rate hiking campaign for good."
How Americans created a wave of pro-worker laws
The legislation would make it easier for workers to organize at a time that more and more Americans are seeking to join unions.
How the labor movement is showing up for LGBTQ+ rights
The hope is that more labor activists will understand how common queer workers are and see how supporting them actually strengthens the labor movement.
Replacing the capitalist dream of AI-driven profits
When asked to share alternatives to capitalism, ChatGPT offered many options, none of which rely on the fantasy that money hoarding at the top can eventually benefit the rest of us.
Busting the ‘paid what you’re worth’ myth
It is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people while millions of Americans struggle to get by.
The move toward a four-day workweek obscures low pay
Of course Americans deserve to work fewer hours. But unless the move to a four-day workweek is accompanied by a massive pay raise, it merely frees up time to work more.
How workers in the South are defying history
The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.
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ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying all along
This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.
Senate Democrats face reckoning over GOP spending bill that hands Trump and Musk unchecked...
Progressives warn that the Republican spending bill would give Trump and Musk sweeping control over federal funds, gut social programs, and set a dangerous precedent—while Senate Democrats waver on whether to fight or fold.
Musk-linked operatives gain access to Social Security Administration, raising fears of data breaches and...
A new investigation reveals that Musk-linked operatives with little government experience have gained access to sensitive Social Security data, raising alarms over potential benefit disruptions, privacy risks, and a broader push to privatize the agency.
Global consumer boycott of US goods expands as Trump’s trade war escalates
International consumers reject U.S. goods in response to Trump’s trade policies, escalating tariffs, and growing dissatisfaction with American corporate and political influence.
Tesla paid zero federal income tax in 2024 while GOP pushes more corporate tax...
Musk’s trillion-dollar company paid nothing in federal taxes while working Americans foot the bill.