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REI Retail Workers in Manhattan File to Form Company’s First Union
The company touts its supposed progressive values but has already begun discouraging the union effort.
Colorado Workers’ Strike Ends as Union Reaches Tentative Agreement With Kroger
The workers will vote on the new agreement on Monday.
Vaccine Profits Minted 9 New Billionaires While Vaccine Apartheid Drove Omicron
The super-rich have prolonged the pandemic as 99 percent of the world's people have seen their incomes drop.
Omicron Supply-Chain Disruptions Are Hitting Low-Income Communities the Hardest
When the supply of essential goods gets scarce, poorer countries and individuals get frozen out of the market.
Bree Newsome Bass: “Capitalism Has to Collapse”
Organizers Kelly Hayes and Bree Newsome Bass discuss long COVID, voting rights and getting organized.
Serving More Than Food: Restaurant Co-ops Put Economic Justice on the Table
Co-ops are providing high-quality jobs largely unavailable in an industry notorious for its low wages and exploitation.
World’s 10 Richest Men Doubled Their Wealth as Many Lost All During Pandemic
Growing wealth inequality “is not by chance, but choice,” Oxfam authors wrote.
Three More Starbucks Locations in Buffalo Will Soon Vote on Unionization
If successful, the workers will join the two corporate-owned Starbucks locations that have already formed a union.
Nursing Unions Say For-Profit Health Care Is Driving Omicron Staffing Crisis
Nurses argue for-profit health care artificially deflates staffing levels to protect hospital employers' bottom lines.
MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Isn’t Over. We’re Planning a Mass Protest for June.
King spent his last birthday organizing poor people of all races against immoral spending priorities.