I wrote this preview note, not sure if I’m even allowed to, but in today’s modern Wild West, it feels like we can do whatever we want. Briefly, though, this…
By: Julia Conley Common Dreams With clothing companies that will be offering discounted Black Friday deals this week relying heavily on the labor of tens of millions underpaid and overworked…
As delivery workers support others’ holiday dreams, they urgently need support in their 2023 contract fights.
The overall Consumer Price Index rose 0.1 percent in August, core was up 0.6 percent; up 8.3 percent and 6.3 percent year-over-year, respectively.
Draconian labor policies, “cost-cutting” measures, and mass layoffs are decimating US railroad workers for the sake of corporate profits. And the effects are reverberating throughout the supply chain.
A half-century long power play, led by corporations, Wall Street, governments, and central banks, has gone badly wrong.
By Joshua Frank / CounterPunch It’s a gorgeous evening in San Pedro, California. I’m standing on the outskirts of a Little League ballpark that sits atop a knoll overlooking the…
While we celebrate this year’s strikes, we should be sober about how few they still were.
Consider what it means for an American president to call for dock workers to go on a 24/7 schedule to ensure that Christmas presents arrive at homes on time. A…
The best thing we can do to offset the pain of inflation is to raise the standard of living for all of us.
