Federal Agency Accuses SpaceX of Illegally Firing Employees for Criticizing Elon Musk
Press Association/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.SpaceX, the space flight company owned by Elon Musk, illegally fired eight employees after they criticized Musk’s social media behavior, a new complaint from the National Labor Relations Board alleges. The complaint stems from a June…
Happy New Year: A Bunch of Minimum Wage Increases Just Took Effect
Since 2012, the “Fight for 15” Movement has helped push more than a dozen states to adopt a path to a $15 or higher minimum wage.David Santiago/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Workers across the country are kicking off the new…
On Black Friday, Unions Are Striking For a Better Deal
Anadolu/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Retail workers are walking out during the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday, leveraging a weekend of huge profits for retailers to demand better pay and working conditions. Amazon workers in more than 30 countries are striking…
Donald Trump Freed a Convicted Medicare Fraudster. The Justice Department Wants Him Back.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On a Thursday in September 2019, Philip Esformes arrived for his sentencing at the federal courthouse in downtown Miami looking pale and gaunt. The previous April, after an eight-week trial, Esformes, heir to a large, successful chain of nursing…
The UAW Strike Brought Back Militancy and Won What Seemed “Impossible”
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain with members at a Stellantis plant in Michigan in July. Bill Pugliano/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United Auto Workers’ 46-day strike was meant to be a historic return, a path forward by embracing the union’s militant…
UAW Settles Another Major Contract in Labor Fight
Members of the United Auto Workers expanded their strike, walking out at Stellantis’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant.Jim West/ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Two days after Ford Motor said it had reached a deal offering major concessions to its employees, Stellantis, the…