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AL Coal Miners Must Pay $13 Million in Damages for Strike, Biden’s NLRB Rules
About 1,000 miners have been on strike against Warrior Met since April 2021, resisting brutal working conditions.
Medically Vulnerable Families Among Those Hit Hardest by Soaring Inflation
Inflation is particularly detrimental to the health of low-income patients.
Judge Orders Starbucks to Reinstate 7 Fired Pro-Union Workers in Memphis
The ruling is a major win for the union, which had rallied against the firing of the “Memphis Seven.”
Maine Nurses Vote to Keep Their Union Despite Right-Wing Push to Decertify It
In a landslide 1,108-to-387 vote, the nurses voted to remain unionized, affirming the results of their 2021 election.
Debt Activists Are Planning to Strike If Biden Doesn’t Extend Payment Pause
Fifty debtors over 50 years old are planning to hold a debt strike. Together, their loans are worth over $6 million.
Fed Meeting Minutes Show the Bank May Unleash Mass Unemployment, Economists Say
Continued interest rate hikes “risk a recession throwing millions out of work,” a pair of experts warned.
Amazon Warehouse Workers in Albany File Petition to Unionize
If workers are successful, they could form the company’s second-ever union.
After Starbucks Fires Union Leader, Workers Strike for His Reinstatement
The firing of the longtime employee was a breaking point for many whose frustration with the company had been building.
Poll Finds 3 in 4 Voters Want to Expand Social Security by Taxing the Rich
Republicans are angling to cut Social Security, threatening seniors with poverty or unretirement.
Britain’s Economic Unraveling May Be Boris Johnson’s Real Legacy
The combination of Brexit, the aftereffects of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine has left the British economy weak.