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We Found The Happiest Workers In America

This small Tennessee town is charting a future for the working class. It’s home to one of the biggest new manufacturing projects in America —…

EV Factory Jobs Are Worse Than You Think

Amazon's electric vehicle manufacturer, Rivian, is laying off 10% of its workforce. But it's not just layoffs. Workers are getting injured on the job, ambulances…

Why Waffle House Thrives On Violence

Waffle House’s violent reputation isn’t just getting views — it may actually be selling more waffles.And it’s putting workers' lives at risk. Take a look…

This Blue Bird Union Victory Could Transform the South

Workers in Georgia won one of the most improbable union victories in a generation. They unionized Blue Bird—the country’s largest electric school bus maker—in the…

What Disney Doesn’t Want You to Know About Visual Effects

When George Lucas first created Star Wars, he used non-union workers to make the visual effects-heavy film quickly. But decades later, visual effects (VFX) workers…

Teamsters Launch Massive Effort to Unionize Amazon

Amazon Teamsters’ picket line is spreading nationwide. Workers across the country are standing up to Amazon after the company fired 84 drivers for unionizing with…

Why Barnes & Noble Workers Formed Their First Union

Barnes & Noble workers in Massachusetts just won the first-ever union at the book-selling giant. The vote was unanimous, extending a wave of union victories…

How Starbucks Just Broke the Law (Again)

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz had a meltdown when questioned by the Senate about union-busting. Then he sought revenge. Multiple workers were fired, including the founder…

DHL Express Workers Expose Gruesome Working Conditions

Nine hundred DHL Express workers at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) just won a union election. They voted 505 to 288 in favor of…

Sun Country Airline Workers Vote To Unionize—Management Fought Back

Workers from Sun Country airlines are exposing what union-busting and retaliation looks like in practice. Sun Country Airlines, based out of Minneapolis, MN, is an…

Inside the Eastern State Penitentiary Union Drive

Produced and narrated by Kim Kelly Diana Mousetis: Is Eastern State Penitentiary haunted? I don't know. I think if I ever saw ghosts there I…

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…