The Fast-Food Workers Walkout That Wasn’t
.... Earlier in the day, workers at the McDonald’s at the National Air and Space Museum in nearby Washington, DC walked out and joined supporters in a large rally. “The protest is the [...]
Critical Moment To Stop Rigged Trade Agreements
...l price, with the end of their careers, if they continue to force their failed trade strategy on the nation and the world. Challenges for the TPP For more than three years the [...]
Obama’s TPP Fast Track Gets Dealt Blow By Leaked Environment Chapter
...all of them. And here we are, after four years of negotiations, and they’ve wanted fast track now since 2011. The trade negotiator Ron Kirk [incompr.] said, I need [...]
No Food For 2 Weeks: These Protestors Are Fasting Over Climate Change
...December 2007, Glick embarked on an open-ended fast after being frustrated by a lack of Congressional action to address climate change. Glick went with just water for 25 days [...]
One Year From Election, Fast-Food Workers Wage Biggest-Ever Strike
...Fast-Food, Home Care, Child Care Workers Vowing to Take Fight for $15, Union Rights to the Ballot Box in 2016 Following Strikes and Protests, Underpaid [...]
Fast-Food Worker Movement More Energized Than Ever
...the chanting. This was the scene at the Jackson Street McDonald’s in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday. And while it was unique in character, it mirrored scenes from 158 U.S. cities and 93 [...]
5,000 Workers Descend On McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting
...test occurred amidst growing momentum from coast-to-coast for higher pay. It came the same day a Wage Board convened by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo held its first meeting to decide on a [...]
A New Hedonism: A Post-Consumerism Vision
...affluence Having eliminated time for people to do things for themselves in relatively relaxed and inexpensive ways, the growth economy then profits through the provision of more costly [...]
Meet Moms Who Crashed McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting
...her daughters, for example, Hinds saw a poster for a Ronald McDonald event. “I thought, ‘Now there’s one more place being used to market to my kids.'” Parents like [...]
The People Can Defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership
...at least one of the three letters. A letter spearheaded by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) garnered the support of three-quarters of House Democrats with 151 Members [...]
Choreographed Corruption Passes Fast Track, But Not Over Yet
...third one, most likely. JAY: Okay, so just to get clear again. Right now they’re just going to give the President authority. The House still has to do this, but right now it looks like [...]
Fast-Food Workers Uniting To Strike On August 29th
...ition of unions and community groups. The strike, organized to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for civil rights and Labor Day, is designed to raise [...]
Florida Farmworkers Push For Fairness In The Fields
...they could push the industry giants, like fast food companies and grocers, to demand that the growers they purchased from uphold workers’ rights. After a multi-year [...]
Senator Wyden Starts Round II As He Pushes TPP
...mittee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), made a speech this week announcing that he was working to introduce a new version of trade promotion authority that he is propagandistically calling [...]
Activists Disrupt Hearing Over Fast Track For TPP
...7;s State of the Union claimed that the authority would “protect American workers,” unions including the AFL-CIO, Teamsters, CWA, and more have instead spoken out against it. In [...]