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A new film from Abigail Disney, granddaughter of the co-founder of The Walt Disney Company, takes a look at how workers have been crushed by a new corporate philosophy.

The pandemic pushed University of Michigan nurses to the breaking point, as supervisors forced overtime work to account for understaffing. So nurses organized through their union, winning a contract that should inspire nurses everywhere.

CEOs were paid 399 times as much as a typical worker in 2021

Brinda Karat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on why there is no contradiction in supporting Iranian women burning their hijabs – and Karnataka women fighting for their right to wear them

“The buses are not letting up. They are coming with more vigor. Initially it was a bus or two, then it rose to three, and now NYC receives six or nine buses a day coming directly from Texas.”

In 2006, of those aged 18-21, 11% supported the Green Party and 10% supported the Left Party. By 2022, these figures dropped to 5% and 10% respectively. In contrast, those in this age cohort supporting Nazi-founded SD increased from 3% to 22%.

Baristas from Starbucks locations around Boston in Coolidge Corner and Allston erupted in cheers as election results were announced by the National Labor Relation Board : 14-0 in Brookline and 16-0 in Allston.

Jennifer A. Abruzzo, NRLB General Counsel, issues a key memo stating that "NLRB case precedent, which has tolerated [mandatory anti-union] meetings, is at odds with fundamental labor-law principles." She urges the Board to take action.

Squeals of “socialism!” aside, we know how to do this and have done it before, repeatedly. This time it’s not just about saving our banks or fighting a war: this time, it’s about saving the world…

From life on Earth to the planet itself, there are four ways our planet will actually experience “the end,” no matter how we define it.