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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…