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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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”…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…