Category: Video
Video Game Testers Demand End to Exploitation, 14-Hour Days, And Poverty Wages
Workers who test video games like Call of Duty for Raven Software, a studio within Activision Blizzard, are demanding an end to exploitation. Workers experience…
March 25, 2022

Nail Salon Workers Are Exploited. A New York Bill Could Change That.
In New York, a greedy industry takes advantage of skilled nail salon workers. The majority immigrant workforce faces low wages, non-existent benefits, erratic schedules, hazardous…
March 24, 2022

AR Pioneer: The Metaverse Could Be Far Worse Than Social Media
Major corporations like Meta (formerly Facebook) and Amazon are spending billions to bring the Metaverse to consumers. They envision a world where virtual and augmented reality…
March 22, 2022

Here’s What’s Really Behind Skyrocketing Gas Prices
Gas and oil prices are rising astronomically for Americans. You’ve probably heard that these record high gas prices are Joe Biden’s fault: “These aren’t Putin’s…
March 22, 2022

Inside a Texas Book Banning: Sex Toys, Parent Meltdowns, & Death Threats
Across the country, debates about censorship, critical race theory, and book bans are seeing a woeful revival. Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin leveraged banning CRT as…
March 18, 2022

Union Kitchen Workers Need A Union
What’s in a name? Not much apparently for Union Kitchen. Workers discovered the D.C. cafe stole their tips through the financial service platform Square. When…
March 15, 2022

How America Helped Russian Oligarchs Steal Billions
Russian Oligarchs are on everyone’s minds in the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. You’ve probably heard about the insane amounts of hidden wealth they…
March 15, 2022

Poverty Wages Push Thousands to Strike in Minneapolis
Over 4,000 Minneapolis Public Schools educators are on strike. It’s Minneapolis teachers’ first strike in over 50 years, and the largest strike currently occurring in…
March 13, 2022

Junk Fees Prey on Vulnerable Communities
Faiz Shakir with More Perfect Union sat down with Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to discuss the agency’s effort to…
March 10, 2022

Wendy’s Farmworkers Are Calling For a Boycott
What do Joe Manchin, Donald Trump, and the Baconator have in common? Wendy’s Chairman Nelson Peltz. He’s the man standing between farmworkers supplying tomatoes to…
March 10, 2022

Cops, Courts, and Corporations Are Collaborating to Crush Workers
When workers in America go on strike, corporations are turning to police forces and judges to defeat them. Nationwide, including at the largest and most…
March 9, 2022

Private Equity Robbed Taylor Swift & Dunkin’ — You’re Next.
Over the last year, More Perfect Union has told the stories of workers, renters, homeowners, and consumers after private equity invades their lives. We covered…
March 8, 2022
