California Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions
California has fined GEO Group over $100,000 for “willful and serious” health and safety violations.
How to Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans
By Ralph Nader / RalphNader.org No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in the World as the Giant Global Corporations – not governments, not armies, not religions and certainly…
How Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society
Community wealth building initiatives are taking hold in cities across the world, strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy.
‘A Colossal Giveaway’: A Tax Break for Big Polluters Is Also Starving Public Schools in Texas
In December, legislators killed a controversial abatement program known as Chapter 313, but its effects will last decades.
British ‘Mega Strike’: Half a Million Workers Bring UK to a Halt and Protest Government
On Wednesday, over half a million workers in the UK took part in a “mega strike,” the largest labor protest in the country in over a decade.
Is SCOTUS on the Verge of Dismantling Labor and the Administrative State in One Blow?
By Nancy Snyder / CounterPunch On Tuesday, January 10, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local…
The Supreme Court Is About to Eviscerate the Right to Strike
The court will likely rule in “Glacier Northwest” that the union’s strike activity isn’t protected by federal labor law.
The First Big Strike of 2023 May Happen Behind Prison Walls
The new year is set to kick off with a statewide strike by incarcerated workers in Pennsylvania.
‘I Did Not Know I Had a Voice’
Without federal labor protections, domestic workers seek legal rights through cities and states.
For Many Workers, the Holiday Season Is the Most Exploitative Time of the Year
As delivery workers support others’ holiday dreams, they urgently need support in their 2023 contract fights.
DEBATE: Did the Squad Betray Rail Workers?
By Briahna Joy Gray / YouTube Editor’s Note: Below is the video description from Bad Faith. Seattle city counsel & Socialist Alternative member Kshama Sawant joins Ryan Grim & Briahna…
Railroad Workers Speak Out After Congress and Biden Block Rail Strike
Four railroad workers comment on Congress’s handling of the rail contract dispute, and how Wall Street’s destruction of the freight rail system is only going to get worse for workers,…
Putting ‘Profits Over People’, Senate Rejects Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers
"Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin have yet AGAIN failed working Americans by voting down seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers," lamented Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
Ukraine’s Nurses Face Brutal Winter as Health Austerity Collides With War
Key workers told openDemocracy they are being paid months late or not in full due to a controversial healthcare reform.
Biden Accused of Selling Out Rail Workers by Urging Congress to Prevent Strike
"Biden is siding with corporate rail bosses over the rank-and-file workers who voted against this agreement," said one progressive commentator after the president urged lawmakers to take action to force…