The Magical Math Behind Disney’s Content Purge
Streaming services are pulling content to avoid paying workers — and could claim a tax break for doing so.
Labor
Timely coverage of the resurgent labor movement and efforts to protect workers’ rights from corporate wrongdoing.
Workers Demand The Jordan Rule That Amazon Touted
The studio’s recent film valorized the “you eat, we eat” principle that Hollywood conglomerates are now opposing.
What Workers Are Up Against
Companies know the control they have over workers’ lives. This week, they accidentally admitted it.
How Pundits’ Inflation Myth Crushed The Working Class
After corporate media lied America into a war and a financial crisis, data show they lied about a main source of price hikes — and brutal policies followed.
Rutgers Puts Wall Street Before Teachers
Educators are striking at New Jersey’s state university, which has pumped $246 million from its endowment into high-fee hedge fund investments since 2020.
To Crush Unions, Starbucks Targets Employee Communications
Labor experts say Starbucks is hijacking a federal court process to dig up information to further chill union drives.
“Everyone Wants A Raise When The Minimum Wage Goes Up”
Lobbyists opposing a minimum wage hike in New York say the quiet part out loud behind closed doors.
Verizon Organizer Gets His Job Back
Verizon reinstates a retail worker it fired for union activities under a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board.
Workers Are Funding Private Equity’s Child Labor Exploitation
Public employees’ retirement savings have funded the private equity takeovers of companies that used child labor in dangerous factories.
At This Jersey Factory, Pension-Backed Private Equity Takes On Union Workers
At a Refresco plant outside of New York City, KKR masters of the universe say that weekends come only six times a year.