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Interest Rate Cuts Now Could Help Workers. But That’s Not Who the Fed Serves.
Progressive economist Gerald Epstein says the Fed is more sensitive to the needs of the wealthy few than the rest of us.
National Labor Relations Board Rules Amazon Must Bargain With Delivery Drivers
The decision marked “the beginning of the end for Amazon's favorite legal loophole,” said one grassroots labor group.
World Could Raise $2.1 Trillion Annually by Adopting Spain’s Wealth Tax
A tax on the top 0.5 percent of households could raise enough to finance climate action as well as other pressing needs.
Harris’s 4-Year Housing Plan Will Target Predatory Wall Street Landlords
In recent months, progressives and tenant organizers have worked to make housing central to the 2024 campaign.
Red States Get 85% of the Benefit of Climate Law. Some Still Hate It.
The vast majority of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump.
Project 2025 Proposal Would Tax Benefits for More Than 15 Million Workers
A new analysis finds that the policy would particularly cut into employer-sponsored health insurance.
Workers in 13 Cities Rally for Protections After Heat-Related Deaths
Airport, retail, and agricultural workers demand on-the-job heat protections from employers and the federal government.
UAW Files Labor Charges Against Trump, Musk Over Effort to “Intimidate Workers”
Musk and Trump have long histories of hostility toward labor unions, both in the US and overseas.
Farmworker Unions and Advocacy Organizations Cheer EPA Ban on a Toxic Pesticide
It’s the first time in nearly 40 years that the EPA has exercised this emergency authority for a pesticide.
Dispatch From a Meatpacking Factory: “If We Unite as Workers, We Have the Power”
A poultry worker and union steward in Minnesota shares her thoughts on the fight to protect immigrant workers.