UAW Announces Start of Strike at Big Three US Automakers
“This is our generation’s defining moment. The money is there, the cause is righteous, the world is watching,” UAW President Fain said.
Business & Economy
Billionaires Cash In On Abusive Farm Worker Scam
To staff their agricultural properties, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, and other tycoons are using a controversial visa program linked to labor abuses and human trafficking.
Amazon Is Forcing Employees to Sign NDAs That Prevent Union Organizing, NLRB Says
A new complaint says that an Amazon confidentiality and non-compete agreement that affects employees at all U.S. locations is illegal.
Corporate Capture in California
The state DMV went to extreme lengths to shield Waymo from having to release any information about how it obtained permits for self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
45,000 USPS Workers Aren’t Getting Paid This Week Amidst Union Decertification Push
Instead of their pay, workers are being offered a money order that must be paid back due to what USPS called a “programming issue.”
Millions Sick and Untreated, Thanks to Medicaid ‘Unwinding’
By Eve Ottenberg, CounterPunch August 25, 2023 During the pandemic, poor people did not have to renew their Medicaid annually. Now that covid is supposedly over, that has changed. Unwinding, Read More…
Amazon Delivery Drivers Walk Out in First-Ever Driver Strike
The drivers unionized with the Teamsters in late April, and are on strike to demand that Amazon come to the bargaining table.
Dancers at LA’s Star Garden Topless Bar Become Only Unionized Strippers in the US
Dancers at a topless bar in LA are set to become the first unionized strippers in the US in a decade.
Colossal Fiscal Waste at the Pentagon
The Pentagon budget is not only outrageously oversized, some parts of it are genuinely dangerous.
State Legislators Can Finally Make Billionaires Pay What They Owe
No longer should a handful of billionaires be able to rig the rules to redirect resources from our communities to their country clubs, from our classrooms to their ballrooms, and from our public parks to their private jets.
How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline
The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now
Fossil Fuel Industry Subsidized at Rate of $11 Million Per Minute, IMF Finds
Fossil fuel subsidies trigger a vicious circle that leads to higher production, higher consumption, and higher emissions.
AssangeDAO Raises $55 Million in 6 Days for Assange’s Legal Defense
The fundraiser aims to support the WikiLeaks founder’s legal defence as he seeks to avoid extradition from the UK to the US.
Billionaires ‘Had a Terrific Pandemic’ While Inequality Killed Millions: Oxfam
A new report explains how inequality contributed to the death of 21,000 people each day of the pandemic while the wealthiest collectively got $1.2 billion richer every 24 hours.
52 Members Of Congress Have Violated A Law Designed To Stop Insider Trading And Prevent Conflicts-of-Interest
Insider and other media have identified numerous US lawmakers not complying with the federal STOCK Act. Their excuses range from oversights, to clerical errors, to inattentive accountants. Ethics watchdogs — and even some in Congress — want to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks.