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Economy & Labor
Starbucks Asks for All Union Elections in Its Stores to Be Temporarily Halted
Starbucks alleges that union elections have been unfairly skewed against the company.
Second Trader Joe’s Has Voted to Unionize With Landslide Win
Workers voted to join Trader Joe’s United, an independent union, by a 55 to 5 vote.
Video Game and Tech Workers Are Putting Unions at Play in Their Industries
A nationwide wave of organizing in games and tech is underway.
Many States Have Created or Expanded Tax Credits to Help Families Get By
Earned income and state child tax credits make the tax code fairer, bolster equity and improve economic security.
Tenants Call on Biden to Act as Rent Increases Reach a 35-Year High
Housing advocates demand that President Biden declare a national emergency.
Let’s Acknowledge Inflation Reduction Act’s Significance — and Its Inadequacy
The modest climate gains expected from this bill are compromised by the gas pipeline side deal written in by Manchin.
Starbucks Files “False and Absurd” Kidnapping Charges Against Unionized Workers
The union says that audio and video evidence show that the kidnapping charges are false.
Subminimum Wages Were Always Deplorable. Inflation Is Making Them Worse.
Activists are pushing to end policies that allow employers to pay some workers less than the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
Hundreds of California Farmworkers Are Marching for Union Voting Rights
The marchers are demanding better legal protections against voter suppression by employers in union elections.
Bowman Unveils Bill to Allow Biden to Identify Profiteering and Regulate Prices
The Emergency Price Stabilization Act would help protect the public from corporate profiteering, supporters say.