If there was one thing we learned from watching 20 candidates debate for four hours, it is: that’s too many…
When things seem darkest in our political world, it is useful to think about the longer-term future of America’s…
Harvard University is investing money in an outside firm that funds promising lawsuits, then takes a cut of the…
The new AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch report shows that the average CEO of a major public company is paid 287 times more than the median employee. The most satisfying way to fix this is to fire all the CEOs. Read more
Amazon’s “HQ2" debacle—a high-profile nationwide shakedown of state and local governments by a fabulously wealthy…
Eleven thousand unionized airline catering workers across the country have voted to authorize a strike “when released by the National Mediation Board,” following a breakdown in negotiations with Sky Chefs and Gate Gourmet. We’ll be coming through the cabins with a snack... of solidarity :) Read more
Axios has published a collection of leaked Trump administration vetting reports—the background documents that…
How are the psychological conditions in which a nation comes to accept fundamentally insane wars created? For an…
What’s this—an interview of a couple of billionaire heirs in a “safe” publication in which they fuck up and say some…
“Two half-time adjunct jobs do not make a full-time income. Far from it,” Ximena Barrientos says. “I’m lucky that I…
As difficult as it may be while staring down a 2020 reelection campaign, it is worth taking some time to mull over…
If you are negotiating with someone, and they are willing to make concessions as long as they keep one, single, big…
Amazon is now the world’s most valuable brand. The world’s least valuable brand: Amazon Warehouse Worker Pee in a Bottle Thirst Quencher. Read more
The title of this post is not meant to convey that I know what socialism means, so you should defer to me. Instead,…
Thanks to persistent low unemployment, labor’s share of income, which has been declining for decades due to capital’s victorious class war, could finally be set to rise—“and that could spell trouble for corporate profit margins and the share prices that are ultimately dependent on them.” GOOD. Read more
In his first public interview since he was nearly forced out of one of the highest positions in organized labor,…
In a nation wracked by inequality, when organized labor is beset by enemies on all fronts, it is so refreshing to…
What have you done with peanut butter lately? Nothing to write home about I bet. Why not change that—here and now?
Yes, we must tax the rich. Yes, we must wrest political power from the rich so that they don’t have it all. But if…
Chris Brooks has published emails showing that Tennessee governor Bill Lee’s office is working directly with Volkswagen to crush a union drive at its factory in Chattanooga. Both Bill Lee and Volkswagen are real pieces of shit! Support labor reporting on the ground, and send a pizza to your local Volkswagen workers. Read more