Author: Julia Donahue
Iron Workers Fired After Voting to Unionize
Ironworkers at an Illinois G&D Integrated facility were laid off after voting to unionize. G&D Integrated is a large trucking and logistics company with 1,000…
March 31, 2022

Amazon Colludes with NYPD to Arrest and Intimidate Workers
Amazon is colluding with cops to union bust. At the company's largest warehouse, JFK8 on Staten Island, Amazon has been working with NYPD to fire…
March 28, 2022

Video Game Testers Demand End to Exploitation, 14-Hour Days, And Poverty Wages
Workers who test video games like Call of Duty for Raven Software, a studio within Activision Blizzard, are demanding an end to exploitation. Workers experience…
March 25, 2022

Nail Salon Workers Are Exploited. A New York Bill Could Change That.
In New York, a greedy industry takes advantage of skilled nail salon workers. The majority immigrant workforce faces low wages, non-existent benefits, erratic schedules, hazardous…
March 24, 2022

AR Pioneer: The Metaverse Could Be Far Worse Than Social Media
Major corporations like Meta (formerly Facebook) and Amazon are spending billions to bring the Metaverse to consumers. They envision a world where virtual and augmented reality…
March 22, 2022

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s History of Union-Busting
Starbucks' union movement has pushed CEO Kevin Johnson into retirement. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is being brought back to take his place as interim…
March 16, 2022

Union Kitchen Workers Need A Union
What’s in a name? Not much apparently for Union Kitchen. Workers discovered the D.C. cafe stole their tips through the financial service platform Square. When…
March 15, 2022

Poverty Wages Push Thousands to Strike in Minneapolis
Over 4,000 Minneapolis Public Schools educators are on strike. It’s Minneapolis teachers’ first strike in over 50 years, and the largest strike currently occurring in…
March 13, 2022

Junk Fees Prey on Vulnerable Communities
Faiz Shakir with More Perfect Union sat down with Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to discuss the agency’s effort to…
March 10, 2022

Wendy’s Farmworkers Are Calling For a Boycott
What do Joe Manchin, Donald Trump, and the Baconator have in common? Wendy’s Chairman Nelson Peltz. He’s the man standing between farmworkers supplying tomatoes to…
March 10, 2022

Private Equity Robbed Taylor Swift & Dunkin’ — You’re Next.
Over the last year, More Perfect Union has told the stories of workers, renters, homeowners, and consumers after private equity invades their lives. We covered…
March 8, 2022

Leaked Footage: Starbucks Manager Drives Brave Pro-Union Worker to Tears
Leaked footage obtained by More Perfect Union reveals a dramatic confrontation between a Starbucks manager in Phoenix, AZ, and a 19-year-old union leader. The manager…
March 4, 2022
