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Author: Paula Pecorella

NYC Ferry Workers, 12 Years Without a Contract, Say the System Is on Brink of Collapse

The Staten Island Ferry system transports 24 million passengers each year — tourists and commuters alike. Yet the people operating these iconic ferries have been…

Restaurant Workers in D.C. Are Organizing To Overcome Corruption and Corporate Power

Restaurant workers in Washington D.C. could get a huge raise if voters pass a measure to end the tipped minimum wage next month. Restaurant workers…

President Biden Could Make Your Paycheck Bigger. Here’s How.

Video produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen President Biden could single-handedly give tens of millions of Americans a bigger paycheck and more…

Dollar Stores Are Being Robbed at Gunpoint More Days Than Not

When you imagine a person whose job involves putting their lives on the line at work, you might think of firefighters or military personnel. But…
Dollar General Robbery

Why Petco Workers Are Organizing the Company’s First-Ever Union

Video produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Meg Herschlein Petco workers are paid just a fraction of what other dog groomers make and say…

How One Anti-Union Flight Attendant Became the Union’s Most Passionate Organizer

Produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Nes Sanchez Becky Ley has been a flight attendant at Delta for 34 years. She used to be…

Railroad Workers Furious Over Biden Board’s Contract Proposal

An emergency board appointed by President Biden issued recommendations for a national railroad contract on Tuesday that fell far short of what rail unions had…

South Dakota Could Be The Next Red State to Expand Medicaid

In South Dakota, voters will get to decide whether to expand Medicaid to roughly 42,000 low-income individuals through a constitutional amendment on the November ballot.…

Why Are Baristas Leading The Labor Movement?

Produced and edited by Paula Pecorella, Nicole Barasz, and Nes Sanchez How did coffee shop workers become the vanguard of the labor movement? We spoke…

These Pizza Workers Want to Unionize The Whole Restaurant Industry

Produced and edited by Paula Pecorella and Meg Hershclein Restaurant workers in Austin are launching an ambitious effort to unionize the entire restaurant industry. Workers…

Photos Reveal Amazon Workers In Scorching 145° Trailers

Amazon workers at a Tennessee warehouse say they’re regularly required to work full 10-hour shifts inside dangerously overheated trailers, whose temperatures soar as high as…
Amazon heat

U.S. Rail Workers Could Strike and Shut Down the Economy

Hugely profitable railroad companies are putting the entire American economy in jeopardy. The railroads are refusing to negotiate a fair contract with workers who are…