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Economy & Labor
Corrupt Contractors in US Hogged Pandemic Relief and Delivered Unusable Goods
Many contracts to acquire critical supplies were wrapped up in unprecedented fraud schemes.
Tax Day Should Remind Us How Much of Our Money Funds War
We are all deeply implicated in this country’s military death machine, whether we pay income taxes or not.
Bernie Sanders Calls on Amazon to “Sit Down and Start Negotiating a Contract”
Sanders praised the Amazon Labor Union for sparking a “national, sweeping movement.”
Workers at Over 100 Facilities Have Contacted Amazon Union in Just 1 Week
If Amazon Labor Union’s count is accurate, that represents about 10 percent of the company’s facilities.
Labor Officials Find Starbucks Illegally Fired 7 Union Organizers in Memphis
The “Memphis Seven,” terminated in February, consisted of nearly the entire organizing committee at their store.
Labor History Belongs to Us All: New Book Explores Forgotten Heroes of Movement
“People have always been fighting to make things better, and that fight has never been easy,” says author Kim Kelly.
Senate Cafeteria Workers Successfully Defend Jobs and Push Dems to Back Them
Democratic lawmakers responded after the workers organized to demand no layoffs, fair wages and a strong union contract.
Starbucks Workers Have Filed to Unionize 200 Stores
Workers have doubled the number of successfully unionized stores from 6 to 13 over the past few weeks.
Labor Board’s Top Counsel Argues Anti-Union Meetings Are “Inherently” Illegal
Captive audience meetings are often employed by union busters to feed workers anti-union messaging.
Sanders: US Shouldn’t Give Bezos a “$10 Billion Bailout” for His “Space Hobby”
Bernie Sanders is calling for a “strategic pause” in corporate welfare.