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…
March 3, 2022

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…
March 2, 2022

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.…
March 2, 2022

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…
March 1, 2022

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…
February 24, 2022

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…
February 23, 2022

‘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…
February 18, 2022

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…
February 16, 2022

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…
February 16, 2022

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…
February 15, 2022

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…
February 14, 2022

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…
February 10, 2022
