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No Worker Shortage: Report Finds Low Wages Make Food Workers Want to Quit
Food worker scarcity “is not a labor shortage problem; it’s a wage shortage problem,” said the head of One Fair Wage.
With Tax Dodgers Costing Us $7 Trillion, Ro Khanna Says “Audit the Ultra-Rich”
The richest 1 percent of U.S. households account for roughly 36 percent of all unpaid federal income tax.
Amazon Is Dictating Personal Hygiene, Nail Length of Contract Drivers
Amazon wants to exert the same level of control over contracted drivers “without bearing the costs” say critics.
Tax Dodgers Owe US Over $7 Trillion, Says Janet Yellen
Tax dodging by the top 1 percent of earners could be responsible for nearly $5 trillion of lost tax revenue.
Mutual Aid Efforts Are Working to Fill the Gaps of Biden’s COVID Response
Many of these grassroots responses are taking place in communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic.
Amazon’s Anti-Union Bullying Shows Why We Need the PRO Act
The PRO Act would limit the ability of corporate bullies like Amazon to intimidate, mislead and bamboozle employees.
Republicans Are Suing to Use Stimulus Relief to Cut Taxes. It’s All Theater.
The lawsuits from 16 GOP-led states are more likely to score political points than prevail in court.
AS COVID Cases Soar in India, Advocates Urge Biden to End “Vaccine Apartheid”
India reported a global record of over 400,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day Friday.
On May Day, Gig Workers Are Organizing an Intersectional Movement
Gig workers have organized a day of demonstrations and caravans led by rideshare drivers in cities across the U.S.
Graduate Workers at NYU Are on Strike for Living Wages and Cop-Free Campuses
Strikers are demanding better wages, better benefits and the eviction of the NYPD from their campuses.