US rail workers take action against crashes After several devastating disasters caused by corporate corner-cutting, US rail unions have drafted their own plan to keep workers and the public protected, reports MARK GRUENBERG
Monday 05th Jun 2023 In a historic step backwards, the US limits the right to strike The Supreme Court ruled against the Teamsters, opening the door to unions being sued for ‘damages’ to a company during – or due to – strike action, report MARK GRUENBERG and JOHN WOJCIK
Tuesday 14th Feb 2023 What caused the ecological disaster in Ohio? A week after the derailment of a train carrying toxic materials, locals still complain of nausea, headaches and a strong chemical odour in the air — cost-cutting corporate greed is to blame for the catastrophe, writes MARK GRUENBERG
Monday 16th Jan 2023 The right to strike is in danger at the US Supreme Court A company claiming cement that hardened in its trucks during a work stoppage means it can now sue the union that represented the strikers for damages is threatening the very foundation of US workers’ rights, reports MARK GRUENBERG
Sunday 04th Sep 2022 Good news from the US: support for unions highest since 1965 After a year of strikes, breakthroughs at previously unorganised giant employers and most importantly wins for workers, it is unsurprising but nevertheless heartening, to see the US fall back in love with labour, writes MARK GRUENBERG
Monday 17th Jan 2022 Arizona: Starbucks tries to crack down on union drive Terrified that their so-called 'partners' are uniting across the US, the infamous corporate coffee chain is flooding the small Mesa store with snooping managers to intimidate workers ahead of a vote to unionise with the SEIU, reports MARK GRUENBERG
Monday 13th Dec 2021 Starbucks Workers United defeats the giant coffee chain Terrified by the prospect of a union at last, the corporate beast has been flooding the town of Buffalo with company big-wigs and meddling managers to throw the poll — it lost, with the workers voting unequivocally to join, reports MARK GRUENBERG
Thursday 09th Dec 2021 Nurses worldwide demand end to corporate curbs on coronavirus vaccines Union umbrella group Global Nurses United has highlighted how waiving patent rights would help alleviate ‘vaccine apartheid.’ MARK GRUENBERG reports
Friday 26th Nov 2021 US unions to confront Mississippi anti-abortionists MARK GRUENBERG reports on the widening campaigning of women's organisations against right-wing legal initiatives in Mississippi to courtail women access to abortion on demand
Thursday 14th Oct 2021 Wealth defense industry spends millions to hide trillions ‘Tax haven’ typically conjures images of the Cayman Islands or Switzerland — not South Dakota. MARK GRUENBERG speaks to CHUCK COLLINS about a new report detailing how some of the planet’s wealthiest people hide their riches in the US
Friday 08th Oct 2021 Pandora Papers reveal the tax havens of the ruling class MARK GRUENBERG takes a look at the evidence of how the rich and the corporate class have gamed the system to enrich themselves while impoverishing the rest of us