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Del Monte Economy

Del Monte Closes 4 Factories, Fires Workers Despite Getting $8M from Trump Tax Cuts

August 22, 2019 4

The Del Monte produce company is closing multiple factories around the country, meaning hundreds of full-time, hourly, and seasonal workers will lose their jobs. In…

labor Economy

Bernie Sanders Seeks to Double Union Membership with Major Changes to US Labor Laws

August 21, 2019 0

Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) has released a sweeping plan to revamp U.S. labor laws in order to double the number of unionized workers. According to…

contractors Economy

Buttigieg Wants to Make it Illegal for Uber, Lyft to Classify Workers as Contractors

July 26, 2019 0

South Bend, Indiana mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg thinks "gig economy" workers are getting a raw deal as independent contractors, and promised to…

wayfair Justice

Wayfair Workers to Strike in Protest of Company Selling to Border Camps

June 25, 2019 0

Employees of the home decor company Wayfair will walk out Wednesday afternoon to protest the company's dealings supplying the Trump administration's border camps. 547 of…

tax workers Economy

Corporations That Promised Jobs After Trump Tax Cuts Kept Money, Fired Workers Anyway

June 18, 2019 0

The narrative of the Trump tax cuts was that they would create jobs. This has turned out to be a farce, as businesses repeatedly took…

stock Economy

Bernie Sanders Wants to Transfer Corporate Stock to Workers and Put Workers on Company Boards

May 28, 2019 0

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is rolling out two new policies aimed at giving workers stock and decision-making power in their workplaces. On Tuesday, The Washington…

Khanna Healthcare

Ro Khanna Gets CBO Official to Admit Medicare for All Could Cut Costs, Increase Wages

May 22, 2019 0

In the second-ever Medicare for All hearing in Congress, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) got the deputy director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to admit…

Economy

Bank of America to Raise Minimum Wage from $15/Hour to $20/Hour for All Employees

April 9, 2019 0

Bank of America, one of the biggest banks in the U.S., is raising its minimum wage by an additional $5/hour over the next two years. CNBC reported…

warehouse Economy

Amazon Warehouse Workers Frequently Contemplated Suicide in Multiple 911 Calls

March 11, 2019 0

From recent refusal to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act to using neo-Nazi guards in German fulfillment centers in 2013, Amazon has faced scrutiny for…

Musk Economy

Billionaire Elon Musk Has Quietly Laid Off 8,000 Tesla Workers Since Last Year

March 7, 2019 0

Billionaire Elon Musk, the mind behind Tesla-branded tequila and weird media truthiness project Pravda, has been quietly shedding jobs at Tesla despite the company announcing…

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