Tag: Labor
Why Investors Are Turning Against Dollar General
Dollar General has been placed in a program for the worst worker safety violators in the nation — and even its shareholders are outraged. A…
July 11, 2023

Exclusive: Starbucks Agrees to Settlement For Violating Workers Rights in Seattle
Starbucks agreed to a settlement with the NLRB and Starbucks Workers United that will compensate nearly a dozen unionized employees in Seattle who were illegally…
June 14, 2023

Poll: The Public Overwhelmingly Supports the Writers’ Strike
More than 70 percent of Americans—including a clear majority of Trump supporters—support the Writers Guild of America’s ongoing strike for better pay, working conditions, and…
May 22, 2023

This Grocery Giant Stole Millions From Their Workers
By Conor Kelley When Kroger rolled out a faulty new payroll system in late 2022, their workers missed millions of dollars worth of paychecks. As…
April 12, 2023

Revealed: The Corporations Mobilizing to Defeat Biden’s Labor Secretary Nominee
By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Business associations and conservative political groups are mobilizing to sink President Biden’s nominee to be the next head…
April 12, 2023

Child Labor is Back
Hosted by More Perfect Union Producer Andrew Rivera Videographer: Do you have a quick minute to do an interview—? State Senator Jason Schultz: What is…
April 5, 2023

The Ugly Side of Modeling
Sara Ziff: The picture that many people have is that models are very privileged. They're making tons of money, they're trotting all over the globe,…
March 23, 2023

The Gory Truth Behind Elon Musk’s Texas Takeover
[Elon Musk entering stage in a cowboy hat, pumping fists, etc, launching the Gigafactory] [Elon Musk speaking on stage with the cowboy hat]: It wasn’t…
March 20, 2023

Michigan Could Become The First State In Decades To Repeal Right To Work.
[News Clip of Diane Sawyer, NBC]: The showdown raging in the heartland of the United States, perhaps no place in America more closely associated with…
February 23, 2023

Disney World’s Not-So-Magic Kingdom
Diego Henry: Disney, in essence, is the happiest place on Earth, if you do not work there. You have castmembers crying in the breakroom because…
February 17, 2023

Under a New Labor Rule, Justice is Coming for Starbucks Workers
She was 17, working as a barista, and living in her car. Days before her high school graduation, Starbucks fired Katie for union organizing. Her…
February 16, 2023

Elon Musk’s Firing Spree Continues: Twitter Janitors Terminated Via Text
Laureta Gjoni: I don't know what happened. We are working that Monday, December 19, when we get a message like Elon Musk decided to get…
January 27, 2023
