The International Union of Operating Engineers – Local 39 Stationary Engineers has been on strike since September 18 at Kaiser Permanente Northern California facilities. Over 700 stationary engineers and biomed technicians are participating in the strike, demanding...
The current budget fight in Congress is offering up a perfect opportunity for industries to call in favors. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has been tapped to re-write the climate portion of the budget bill. This is the same Senator Manchin who owns between $1-5...
Nearly every year, there is talk about a government shutdown or the government running out of money. And every time this happens, eventually the funds are raised, but not after throwing millions of working people’s lives into further chaos and instability. And now...
In China, the giant real estate company Evergrande is on the verge of bankruptcy, drowning in debt. Its total liabilities have ballooned to an extraordinary 1.97 trillion yuan or U.S. $305 billion. This is 2% of China’s gross domestic product (GDP). The company’s...
On September 14, the number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 in the United States reached 663,913. This is 1 in 500 of the April 2020 U.S. Census population, 331.4 million. This staggering death toll is the work of both the Trump and Biden administrations, and the...
