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Amazon’s CEO Pay Is More Than 6,000 Times That of the Company’s Typical Worker
Low-wage corporations have continued to pump up CEO pay during COVID while workers are struggling with rising costs.
WTO Meeting Presents Opportunity to Challenge Corporate Control Over Food Supply
Farmers and activists are keeping hope alive for building a more just and sustainable way of practicing agriculture.
Sanders and Gillibrand Call on Amazon to Drop Opposition to Union Victory
Senators Bernie Sanders and Kirsten Gillibrand said it's time for Amazon to finally recognize the Amazon Labor Union.
Amazon Labor Union Organizer Fired From Warehouse Amid Union-Busting Campaign
Labor organizer Pasquale “Uncle Pat” Cioffi was fired days before a hearing Amazon wanted blocked from public viewing.
Sanders Wants to Up Social Security Benefit by $2,400 a Year by Taxing the Rich
“Our job is to expand Social Security so that everyone in America can retire” with dignity, Sanders said.
Trader Joe’s Workers in Massachusetts File to Form Union as Company Fights Back
The union already has the support of over half of the employees at the store, one union organizer said.
Ithaca Starbucks Workers Call for Local Boycott After Company Closes Union Store
The company announced last week that it will soon be closing a unionized store in Ithaca, New York.
Amazon Paid Its CEO 6,474 Times More Than It Paid Its Median Worker Last Year
The CEO-worker pay gap surged in 2021 as the “pandemic greed grab” continued.
Workers Fight Back as Starbucks Moves to Close Unionized Shop
Workers say Starbucks management is retaliating against union efforts by moving to shut down a shop in Ithaca, New York.
GOP Wants to Blame Biden for Inflation. What About COVID and Capitalism?
COVID! Come on, you can say it, the monster is still under the bed, no sense pretending otherwise.