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September 16, 2025
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Kate Aronoff
The Union Organizer Held in a Secret Detention Center He Helped Expose
The government claims that Alfredo Juarez Zeferino’s work organizing farmworkers had nothing to do with why ICE targeted him.
February 13, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Wants This Amazon Exec to Head a Key Worker Protection Group
Donald Trump is revealing just how little he cares for the work OSHA does.
January 28, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Deals Massive Blow to NLRB Amid Confusion Over Funding Freeze
Donald Trump is testing the limits of his power yet again—this time with the firing of multiple people on the National Labor Relations Board.
November 6, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Missouri Is the Perfect Case Study for What Went Wrong This Election
How did a state that overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump also support all of the Democrats’ policies at the ballot box?
July 16, 2024
Paige Oamek
What the Hell Was Teamsters’ President Thinking With That RNC Speech?
Sean O’Brien, which side are you on?
June 21, 2024
Talia Jane
Why the Hell Is Teamsters’ President Attending Trump’s RNC?
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien will speak at the Republican National Convention—even as the party tries to destroy workers’ rights.
June 13, 2024
Talia Jane
Who Will Protect Starbucks if Not the Supreme Court?
Someone needs to look out for union-busting corporations.
February 23, 2023
Prem Thakker
Rail Companies Are Finally Giving Workers Paid Sick Days. This Isn’t Close to the End of the Fight.
Note to the government: Don’t ease up on the pressure now.
November 30, 2022
Prem Thakker
Led by Progressives, House Votes to Avert Rail Strike and Give Workers Sick Leave
Rail workers currently get zero sick days. The House voted to give them seven.
November 21, 2022
Prem Thakker
Krispy Kreme Forced to Give $1.2 Million to Workers After Massive Wage Theft
The Labor Department ordered Krispy Kreme to pay the sum after “overtime violations in multiple locations.”
November 4, 2022
Tori Otten
Of Course Elon Musk Is Being Sued for the Way He’s Mass Firing Twitter Employees
What did the "Chief Twit" think was going to happen?
November 2, 2022
Prem Thakker
America’s Richest 506 Executives Make More than 30 Million Workers
A new analysis from DCReport finds that the top American executives made an average of $151 million last year.
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