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Economy & Labor
In a Year, Amazon Disciplined Workers 13,000 Times at Now-Unionized Warehouse
That’s an average of 2.5 disciplinary notes for every one of the 5,300 workers employed at the warehouse at the time.
Poll Finds 83 Percent of Americans Want to Expand Social Security
The polling suggests that a recent bill introduced by Bernie Sanders to expand the program is quite popular.
Warren, Sanders Slam Banks for Inaction Against Millions of Scams Using Zelle
In 2021, Americans lost about $440 million to scams that used Zelle, whose parent company is owned by big banks.
Wages Set to Avoid Price-Spiral as Private-Sector Jobs Surpass Pre-Pandemic Rate
The Fed’s plans for aggressive rate hikes are based on a concern for a 1970s-type wage-price spiral.
Stagflation and Global Hunger Are on the Horizon. Neoliberalism Needs to End.
Only a Global Green New Deal that includes the Global South can defeat neoliberalism.
Sri Lanka Is “Grinding to a Halt” Amid Austerity, Prompting Mass Protests
Sri Lanka’s government has forced the closure of all schools and announced plans to cut electricity several hours a day.
Hiking Interest Rates Protects Financial Assets of the 1% at Workers’ Expense
The Fed doesn't need to hurt workers to curb inflation -- there are alternatives, says economist Gerald Epstein.
GOP Is Coordinating With Far Right Hungarian Government to Block Corporate Taxes
A watchdog group slammed Republicans for “choosing to sabotage” the U.S.'s ability to tax corporations.
Trader Joe’s Workers Will Vote on Forming Company’s First Union This Month
The union drive is already spreading, as workers in Minneapolis also recently filed for a union election.
Workers at Over 300 Starbucks Locations Have Filed to Unionize
Over 5,000 Starbucks workers have now unionized with Starbucks Workers United, according to some counts.