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Economy & Labor
Sanders Announces Budget Committee Hearing on Corporate Greed and Profiteering
“The American people are sick and tired of corporate greed,” Sanders said.
Poorest US Counties Suffered Twice the COVID Deaths of the Richest
The finding is being seen as a damning indictment of the U.S. government’s pandemic response.
How Two Best Friends Beat Amazon’s Union-Busting Campaign
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island made history after a majority voted to form the first Amazon union in the U.S.
Socialists Take Up Critical Fight for Universal Child Care in the United States
Child care is an ineluctable social need, and has become only more so due to systematic inequality and impoverishment.
New York Amazon Workers Vote to Form Union in Historic First
The win will send shockwaves across the country and could serve as a catalyst for the burgeoning labor movement.
March Employment Growth Closes in on Pre-Pandemic Levels
While job growth remains strong, wage growth may be slowing.
Corporate Profits Reached Record High of Nearly $3 Trillion in 2021
Corporate profits increased by 25 percent in 2021 while inflation rose by 7 percent.
Biden Won’t Release Afghanistan’s Central Bank Assets, Even in Face of Collapse
Biden froze billions of dollars in assets despite warnings that it would push Afghanistan closer to economic ruin.
Iron Workers Union Files Nearly 150 Labor Charges Against One Trucking Company
The Iron Workers Union says that welders’ experience with G&D Integrated is the perfect case for labor law reform.
US Oil Firms Set to Reap Up to $126 Billion in Extra Profits Amid War on Ukraine
Rep. Ro Khanna is pushing for a Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax to stop such rampant profiteering.