The rail freight carriers that employ approximately 125,000 unionized employees have spent years prioritizing shareholders and executives, making record profits for the railroad industry. At the same time, the carriers have downsized the rail workforce by furloughing approximately 30% of rail workers, increasing the workload for those who remain. Workers do not receive paid sick …
Abolish the Ivory Tower
by Anonymous The MIT-Epstein scandal that recently roiled the academe shouldn’t come as a surprise, although it has elicited such reactions from many. The fact that the attention surrounding this fiasco has focused mostly on Joi Ito, the ex-head of the MIT Media Lab revealed to have actively sought funding from convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, …
How to Walk Out
- Maddie H. One of the most important tools anyone can use to resist injustice is economic pressure. Whether it’s externally boycotting or internally refusing to provide your labor, economic pressure can be an extremely effective form of resistance, which is why corporations are particularly desperate to stop people from using that power. As one …
Labor Theory of King of the Hill
- Claire Blechman Who is Hank Hill? You don’t have to ask; he’ll tell you, with pride: Assistant Manager, Strickland Propane. He sells propane and propane accessories. Lady propane has been good to him. Has there ever been a better example of the perfect worker than Hank Rutherford Hill? Excessively competent, inexplicably dedicated, and willing to …