Saturday, September 5, 2026

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How union members pay it forward

More and more workers want to join unions amid the high grocery prices, spiraling health care costs and other failures of today’s uncertain economy.

Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios—and the research backs...

What are the key concerns in the nursing contract negotiations at Magee?

Why it’s essential to scrap the cap

“The very wealthy people are not paying their share. Scrap the cap.”

How workers are revolutionizing the South

Local 1025 members shared firsthand accounts of how the union boosted their wages, gave them a voice, and kept them safe on the job.

How union workers are breaking new barriers

With public support for unions at record levels, activists expect still more workers to follow their example and unionize to build brighter futures.

Behind Starbucks union-busting stands CEO who got $940,000,000 richer during pandemic

"Starbucks and its billionaire CEO, Howard Schultz, can well-afford to improve employees' pay and working conditions through unionization."

What’s going on in Buffalo these days can be inspiring—and plenty...

Starbucks workers in Buffalo have delivered America’s oligarchs an unexpectedly solid blow.

How corporations plan to use Janus to turn workers against their...

A union buster may be coming to your door.

Fast Food Workers in Kentucky Stand Up to Global Billion-Dollar Corporation...

This Wednesday, cooks and cashiers at Morehead State University (MSU) will vote to unionize in order to bargain for a liveable wage. The workers are employed by Aramark, whose top executive makes 1,817 times more per year than their average worker.

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A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
Vehicle tailpipe emissions, the kind of pollution the disputed waivers regulate. Photo: DeFacto / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers

The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.
Madison Square Garden in New York. Photo: Rich Mitchell from New York, NY / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader

Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
A cannabis plant. Photo: Cannabis Training University / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Jarek Tuszyński / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule

North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.