Author: Katie Nixdorf
In This Town, Only The Rich Get Water
In this town, only the rich can get water. Residents of Pearce, Arizona, told us their wells have run dry. Meanwhile, a massive dairy farm…
March 4, 2024
I build cars for a living and I can’t afford to buy one.
Toyota used to host free car giveaways and give workers 12% bonuses. They promised workers would "retire as millionaires." Now Toyota workers can’t even afford…
January 18, 2024
What Honda Doesn’t Want You To Know
Honda workers in Greensburg, Indiana are organizing to form the company’s first U.S. union. Workers say they want to join the United Auto Workers because…
December 15, 2023
What Solar Companies Don’t Want You To Know
The U.S. government has allocated billions of dollars to transition to a clean energy economy. There’s just one problem: workers are being exploited and some…
November 30, 2023
We Went to the Frontlines of the Auto Strike
The United Auto Workers are taking solidarity to the next level. We went down to the picket lines with Labor Notes to talk with workers…
September 22, 2023
The Real Reason Autoworkers Are Fed Up
The United Auto Workers strike is historic. Not just because it's the first time in history the union is striking all Big 3 automakers—Ford, GM,…
September 18, 2023
What Jeep Doesn’t Want You to Know
Jeep relies on an army of temp workers who make half the rate of full-time employees, despite doing the same jobs. Some have been “temporary”…
September 11, 2023
The Labor Standoff That Could Shut Down The Auto Industry
150,000 autoworkers across the United States could walk off the job this month. They’re fighting for a 40% pay increase — the same raise that…
September 1, 2023
The Dark Reality For Workers Building Our All-Electric Future
More Perfect Union went to Lordstown, Ohio, to see what the electric vehicle revolution actually looks like for the workers making it possible. Lordstown is…
August 2, 2023
The Greediest ‘Non-Profit’ Hospital in America
UPMC is a health care giant. It employs more than 92,000 people, has an operating revenue of roughly $26 billion, and as a “non-profit”, it’s…
July 14, 2023
Behind The Dangerous Rise of AI In Mental Health Care
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) replaced all of their helpline volunteers and workers with a chatbot named Tessa, shortly after their workers unionized. NEDA's…
June 6, 2023
Public Education Is A Mess. This Candidate Has A Plan to Clean It Up.
Philadelphia mayoral Helen Gym has a visionary plan for education — but first she’ll have to win a contentious democratic primary. Over the past 3…
May 9, 2023