Category: Article
Nurses at One of the Largest Queer Health Clinics in the Country Prepare To Strike
Thirty registered nurses at Chicago’s Howard Brown Health (HBH), one of the largest Queer health clinic systems in the country, are gearing up for an…
September 29, 2022

Maine’s Biggest City Will Vote on an Ambitious Economic Agenda in November
This November, Portland, Maine will get the chance to vote on an ambitious economic agenda, including ballot initiatives that would raise the minimum wage, eliminate…
September 28, 2022

Air Travel Turning Point? Biden Moves to Block Latest Airline Merger
Airline mergers, long given a rubber stamp by federal government regulators, are about to face a major high-profile challenge. The Justice Department is taking JetBlue…
September 27, 2022

Texas AG Ken Paxton Takes Campaign Cash From Power Companies Responsible for Grid Failure
Rochelle Garza, the Democratic nominee for Texas Attorney General, is pledging to investigate the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state’s faulty grid…
September 26, 2022

Trader Joe’s Workers in Williamsburg Join Union Wave
Trader Joe’s workers in Williamsburg, Brooklyn are unionizing, joining a growing movement to organize the popular grocery store chain. Workers at the New York City…
September 25, 2022

J.D. Vance Refuses To Side With Kroger Workers’ Fight For Higher Wages In Ohio
On September 13, 14, and 15, thousands of Kroger workers cast ballots at grocery stores across Central Ohio to reject a contract offer and authorize…
September 23, 2022

After Student Debt, the Next Battle is Against Medical Debt
The most perverse part of medical debt is that it exists at all. There’s probably someone, somewhere, who believes that $120,000 is a fair price…
September 23, 2022

Workers Plan to Renovate Home Depot With a Union
On Monday, September 19, workers filed a petition to organize a union among 276 workers at a Home Depot in northeast Philadelphia. If successful, the…
September 21, 2022

The Biggest Outside Spender On Election TV Ads Has A Dangerous Agenda — Kill Social Security And Medicare
By David Moore and Donald Shaw, Sludge A conservative anti-tax, anti-Social Security nonprofit that was founded in the late ‘90s has dramatically scaled up its…
September 21, 2022

The Ballot Initiatives to Watch in 2022
November's elections will determine control of the U.S. Senate and House, but there are also a number of key ballot measures that will shape the…
September 20, 2022

Pennsylvania Race Between Pro-Labor Voting Rights Attorney and Software Executive Will Be Crucial in Battle for House Majority
Pennsylvania will be crucial to Democrats’ chances of maintaining control of Congress in November. John Fetterman, the large, tattooed populist running against Trump-backed celebrity TV…
September 19, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Starbucks to End Covid Pay, Deny Union Workers New Benefits
Starbucks will announce on Monday that it is ending its long-standing Covid pay policies, according to documents obtained by More Perfect Union. The company will…
September 18, 2022
