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Airbnb Rentals Are Displacing Mexico City Residents as Rents Surge
Mexico City rents have skyrocketed, forcing long-term residents to relocate.
Grad Students Fight Back Against New Trump Labor Board Rule
Graduate students aren't just mobilizing against the NLRB. They're demanding democracy in their workplace.
How Have Health Workers Won Improvements to Patient Care? Strikes.
On September 20, 2,200 nurses represented by National Nurses United went on a one-day strike.
Neither Democrats Nor Republicans Will Admit the Problem Is Capitalism Itself
Cycles of growth followed by downturns is how capitalism has functioned for 250 years.
Poultry Workers and Allies Organize in the Wake of Anti-Immigrant Raids
Community members affected by the raids have started to keep track of labor violations at these plants and elsewhere.
Documentary Exposes Wall Street Power Behind Global Gentrification Boom
“PUSH” reveals how the marriage of private equity and real estate is driving the current housing crisis.
iPhone Workers Are 25 Times More Exploited Than 19th-Century Textile Workers
A Foxconn worker overwhelmingly spends their work day producing wealth for others (capitalists).
Big Banks Are Shifting Mortgages Made Riskier by Climate Change Onto Taxpayers
Researchers hope to spur debate about lending policies for regions increasingly at risk in a warming world.
Union Members Demand a Voice in Presidential Endorsements
Several unions are responding to members' criticisms of how endorsements were made in 2016.
Graduate Workers Will Fight Like Hell to Stop the Trump Labor Board’s New Rule
Trump's NLRB is attempting to strip grad students of their union rights by refusing to recognize them as “workers.”