Author: More Perfect Union Contributor
What Dollar General Doesn’t Want You To Know
Dollar General is stealing from their customers. They put one price on items and charge another—higher—price at the register. It’s a major scam that’s siphoning…
March 22, 2024
I Work For the King of Beers. I’m Paid Like a Peasant
5,000 Teamsters could shut down Anheuser-Busch on March 1st. 99% of the workers at 12 breweries voted to authorize a strike. One worker told us,…
February 27, 2024
Elizabeth Warren Warns of National Abortion Ban if GOP Wins in 2024
Sen. Elizabeth Warren lays out two scenarios for the future of abortion in the U.S.
February 5, 2024
The End of Overdraft Fees Is Finally Happening
Under a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule, overdraft fees at large banks will be strictly regulated and capped as low as $3. These fees…
January 17, 2024
Who is the most anti-worker presidential candidate? Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley proudly squashed Boeing workers’ union drive, fought to expand right to work, and gave away more than $800 billion in tax cuts to…
December 27, 2023
How Internet Companies like Verizon And Comcast Abandoned Rural America
One in five people in rural America lack access to reliable internet. They've been abandoned by big telecommunications companies like Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T who…
October 17, 2023
Chicago’s Radical Solution For Broken Tipping Culture
We dug into how American tipping culture got so broken, and the fight to fix it. It turns out that your tips are subsidizing the…
October 10, 2023
This New Deal Jobs Program Is Coming Back
President Joe Biden's administration just unveiled the American Climate Corps, a program to put 20,000 people to work in clean energy and climate resiliency. But…
September 27, 2023
Ted Cruz Rakes in Finance Industry Donations While Cosplaying as a Populist
By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Heading into a re-election contest next year, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is trying to position himself as…
September 27, 2023
The Republicans’ Main Talking Point Against Drug Price Negotiations Comes From a Pharmaceutical Investor
By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge On Tuesday, following the Biden administration’s announcement of the pharmaceutical drugs that it has chosen for Medicare price negotiations…
August 31, 2023
Could America Have A General Strike Like France?
When millions of French protesters shut down their country over the president's decision to raise the retirement age, U.S. commentators said it could never happen…
August 27, 2023
Workers Are About To Get Way More Power
The National Labor Relations Board is expected to soon issue a major legal decision that would give workers a significantly stronger voice in the workplace.…
August 24, 2023