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Rail Strike by the Numbers: Railroad Profits Are Soaring at Workers’ Expense

America’s largest railroads have transformed a once-staid industry into a profit-generating machine on par with the world’s richest technology companies, even as they drove down…
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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…

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…

Why the Flight Cancellation Crisis Is About To Get Worse

Produced and edited by Joshua Miller-Lewis, Nico Pitney, and Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen Airlines are set to spend billions on new stock buybacks — despite mass flight…

Chipotle Workers Are Trying To Form The Company’s First Union

Produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin, Paula Pecorella, and Nes Sanchez Chipotle workers in Maine are forming the company’s first union. They say the store…

Amazon Workers Take on Racist and Anti-Union Management

Video produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin and Ian McKenna Amazon is retaliating against Chicago warehouse workers who won a raise after striking in December.…

Why Railroad Workers May Go On Strike

BNSF Railway workers have been stripped of almost all time-off, including weekends, under an extreme new attendance policy. They’ve been working for 3 years with…

Chevron Workers Strike for Increased Wages and Safety

Over 500 workers at a California oil refinery are on strike. Chevron, their employer, expects to make $7.3 billion in excess profits this year. Meanwhile,…

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…

Striking Concrete Workers Shut Down Seattle’s $23 Billion Construction Industry

Striking concrete workers in Seattle have shut down the city’s $23 billion construction industry. The Teamsters are fighting for higher wages and better health benefits…

BNSF Railroad Strike Barred by Trump-Appointed Judge

BNSF rail workers are in the fight for their lives. A new policy would give workers only one day off per month, even penalizing them…

“Treated Like Slaves:” Factory Workers Who Make Oreos & Chips Ahoy Tell All

Hundreds of Nabisco factory workers went on strike and called on consumers to boycott. Mondelez, the snack conglomerate that owns Nabisco, wanted them to work…