Building power for working people

Author: Julia Donahue

UPS Workers Stalked and Abused After Workplace Injuries

UPS is forcing injured workers back on the job and threatening workers who complain. We spoke with veteran UPS employees terminated due to a workplace…

UC San Diego Creates a Housing Crisis for Graduate Student Workers

Graduate student workers at The University of California San Diego are demanding housing justice. Workers earn poverty wages and the vast majority struggle to afford…

Amy’s Kitchen Workers Forced to Wrap 10+ Burritos a Minute Are Unionizing

Amy's Kitchen projects an image of progressive values and cruelty-free food. But the workers we spoke with are subject to on-the-job injuries and company neglect.…

Elon Musk’s Corporate Welfare Is On The Ballot In Austin, Texas

In 2021, officials in Travis County, Texas, secretly gave Tesla $60 million in tax breaks to set up a factory in Austin. The vote to…

Here’s How Starbucks’ Latest Union-Busting Attempt Backfired

As Starbucks workers at over 100 stores nationwide have filed for union elections, the coffee giant is desperately union-busting. Starbucks hired new workers to flood…

Maine Governor Betrays Migrant Farmworkers

Where in America is it legal to pay workers less than minimum wage? In states like Maine, farmworkers can be fired for unionizing and are…

‘Hershey Prison:’ Workers Who Make Reese’s Expose Brutal Factory Conditions

Over 70+ consecutive days worked. 5 days off out of 365 in a year. That's what life is like for the workers who produce Reese's…

Joe Manchin Got $1 Million From Corporate-Tied PACs

The West Virginia Senator claims to be working in the best interest of constituents. Instead, he's in the pocket corporations. While putting up continuous roadblocks…

Port Truckers Lead Historic Union Drive

XPO Logistics drivers are being denied basic rights while their company reported their highest revenue in 2021. Now they're leading a historic union drive to…

Ron Johnson Doesn’t Think Wisconsin Needs More Union Jobs

Oshkosh Defense won a $10 billion contract to build greener USPS vehicles. Now they want to move those jobs to a non-union facility in South…

How One State Is Solving the Education Crisis: Paying Teachers More

There’s a crisis in education. Fifty percent of teachers are planning to leave education earlier than expected. Right-wing lawmakers are responding by punishing and surveilling…

Striking Concrete Workers Shut Down Seattle’s $23 Billion Construction Industry

Striking concrete workers in Seattle have shut down the city’s $23 billion construction industry. The Teamsters are fighting for higher wages and better health benefits…