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The NRA You’ve Never Heard Of Is Blocking a $15 Minimum Wage

It has been twelve years since the federal minimum wage increased to $7.25—the longest period America has gone without raising the minimum wage since it…

How NYU Grad Students Won A Major Labor Fight On Their Campus

New York University is one of the most exclusive and profitable private universities in the United States, situated in the heart of one of the…

These Drivers Could Defeat Uber & Lyft With Their Own App

Uber and Lyft present themselves as giving drivers the opportunity to “be their own boss” as independent contractors. Despite their flashy PR blitz promising easy…

For Fast-Food Workers, the Pandemic Made a Bad Situation Worse. Now They’re Fighting Back.

As essential workers, employees at fast-food restaurants did not have the luxury of working from home during the pandemic. They continued to show up for…

A Modern Day Sweatshop: The Tesla Factory Secrets Elon Musk Doesn’t Want You To Know

Dennis Duran was excited when he got a job at Tesla’s Fremont, California factory. He was looking forward to being part of a new company…

Striking Alabama Coal Miners Put Their Lives on the Line

Over 1,100 miners at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama have been on strike for nearly ten weeks demanding better pay and benefits. The workers, who…

Fired By Elon Musk for Unionizing at Tesla

Beneath Tesla’s forward-thinking and world-saving rhetoric, Richard Ortiz found broken promises, brutal working conditions, and exploitative management practices. So he began organizing with his co-workers…

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Boosts Republican Assault on Democracy

As Republicans continue to enact extreme laws imperiling American democracy, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) is tanking Democrats’ chance to pass sweeping voting rights legislation. Time…

The Real Deal: Mergers Fuel Job Losses

Financial analysts predict that the large number of distressed small businesses will provide large corporations with a “once-in-a-generation opportunity to make acquisitions and consolidate power.”…

Republicans Wage War to Deny More Than 800,000 Disabled and Elderly Americans Home Care

When Lila Carpenter turned four, she was diagnosed with autism and other intellectual disabilities. Her doctors emphasized the importance of early intervention; her father Geoff…

The Dirty Secret Behind Dollar General’s Low Prices

The past decade has seen millions of people fall out of the middle class. To some companies, the rising numbers of Americans living on a…

TV Networks Caught Airing Fake “Interviews” Scripted By Major Corporate Lobby

A More Perfect Union investigation found that local NBC and ABC affiliates have been airing fake "interview" segments that look like news, but are actually…