Workers
The Filthy Emissions of Railroad Locomotives—and the Rail Unions Sounding the Alarm
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Diesel engines have gotten a sweetheart deal from environmental regulators. It’s time that changed.
Workers
She Refused To Take a Drug Test Before Getting a Workplace Injury Treated—And Was Fired
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A worker’s arm was mangled in a machine. Before treatment, a manager requested a drug test.
Workers
To Prevent Future Rail Tragedies, We Need to Nationalize the Rail System
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“Corporate greed [is] turning railroads into banks to extract billions and billions of dollars from what should be critical infrastructure.”
Workers
Palestinian Worker Says UN Refugee Agency Is Retaliating Against Him for Leading Strike
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Nearly 4,000 Palestinian UNRWA workers in the West Bank are on strike for better pay.
Media
How Biden Can End Secretive Corporate Tribunals
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The president has promised not to put anti-democratic investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in future trade deals. But they are still in many existing ones.
Commentary
The Lie at the Heart of Politicians’ “Job Creation” Rhetoric
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When they want to wage war or destroy the planet, American political elites are obsessed with “job creation.” When workers start accruing a modest amount of power, elites demand increased unemployment.
Media
Military Budget Hike for 2023 is 3,200 Times the NLRB Increase
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If a budget reveals what we value, this one should give us pause: extravagant spending for the war machine, scraps for workers.
News
As Afghans Suffer, U.S. Stalls on Plan to Return Central Bank Funds
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In September, the U.S. created a foundation that was supposed to unfreeze Afghanistan’s foreign assets. Yet, interviews with trustees reveal that, in three months, no funds have been disbursed—or concrete plans made—to help the Afghan people.
economy
The “Labor Shortage” Is Being Used as a Pretext to Harm Workers
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Lawmakers and bosses are citing a supposed lack of workers as justification for a suite of reactionary policies aimed at further squeezing the working class.
Workers
‘Red Cup Rebellion’: Striking Chicago Starbucks Workers Brave Cold to Send Message to CEO Howard Schultz
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Workers accuse the company of refusing to bargain in good faith for a union contract.