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Sarah Lazare

Workers

The Filthy Emissions of Railroad Locomotives—and the Rail Unions Sounding the Alarm

By Sarah Lazare | March 14, 2023

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

By Sarah Lazare | February 21, 2023

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

By Sarah Lazare | February 15, 2023

“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

By Sarah Lazare | February 3, 2023

Nearly 4,000 Palestinian UNRWA workers in the West Bank are on strike for better pay.

Media

How Biden Can End Secretive Corporate Tribunals

By Sarah Lazare | February 2, 2023

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.

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Commentary

The Lie at the Heart of Politicians’ “Job Creation” Rhetoric

By Sarah Lazare | January 10, 2023

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

By Amy Livingston and Sarah Lazare | December 22, 2022

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

By Sarah Lazare | December 19, 2022

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

By Sarah Lazare | November 22, 2022

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

By Sarah Lazare | November 18, 2022

Workers accuse the company of refusing to bargain in good faith for a union contract.

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