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1Mar 17, '23Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed a law guaranteeing free breakfast and lunch for all students in the state, regardless of how much money their parents make. Tens of thousands131×30.3M132k20k2.1k
2Feb 3, '25BREAKING: Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a bill to abolish OSHA. The entire text of the bill reads "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. Th123×28.6M27k5.7k4.8k
3Apr 18, '23BREAKING: The Iowa Senate passed a child labor law before dawn today. The bill lets 14-year-olds work 6-hour night shifts, 15-year-olds work on assembly lines, and 16- and 17-year-118×27.2M34k11k2.6k
4Apr 11, '23The members of Trinity Moravian Church in North Carolina purchased nearly $3.3 million of local residents’ medical debt for just $15,048. Then, they held a debt jubilee ceremony an101×23.4M74k9.5k2.7k
5Jun 17, '24BREAKING: The U.S. government is suing Adobe. It's accusing the company of harming consumers by enrolling them in the most expensive subscription plans without clearly disclosing t99.2×23M82k12k4.9k
6Feb 16, '23BREAKING: A train has just derailed outside Detroit. At least six cars came off the track, and one was carrying hazardous materials.84.9×19.7M48k11k1.9k
7Jun 23, '23Workers at Dairy Queen have gone viral for showing what they have to do in order to get some rest, because they’re not allowed to sit at work.62.8×14.5M17k1.7k847
8Apr 10, '23A viral TikTok shows a 13-year-old kid working at Chick-fil-A as a customer asks “Is that even allowed?”55.6×12.9M20k1.7k1.4k
9Jan 8, '25One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California. In 1994, the Resnicks secretly seized control of California’s public water supply. Now their companies use 150 billi48.3×11.2M34k14k10k
10Sep 29, '25The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US. The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.47.4×11M20k5.3k3.4k
11Nov 21, '23BREAKING: America's largest egg producers and industry groups illegally rigged the market to drive up the price of eggs, a jury has found. Their price-fixing scheme included export43.8×10.1M35k11k2.7k
12Feb 17, '23BREAKING: At least 102 children as young as 13 were found working overnight shifts, using hazardous chemicals, and cleaning brisket saws at 13 plants in eight states. The U.S. Depa41×9.5M77k13k2.4k
13Oct 1, '25BREAKING: The number of jobs created in August has been revised from 54,000 down to -3,000.39.4×9.1M29k4k2.1k
14Nov 3, '23Tens of thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh who make products for brands like Zara, H&M and GAP are on strike. Their minimum wage is $75 a month, and they're demanding i38.6×8.9M34k13k1.2k
15Feb 10, '23On February 3, a horrifying railroad accident took place. A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. You might've seen images of the flames, but you probabl37.9×8.8M49k17k3.2k
16Feb 15, '23BREAKING: Moderna says it will keep its Covid vaccine free for all people in the U.S.—reversing course on its planned 400% price increase—one day after Bernie Sanders said he would36.4×8.4M113k15k1.7k
17Apr 15, '24BREAKING: The Justice Department plans to sue Live Nation/Ticketmaster for running an illegal monopoly over the ticketing industry. This corporate monopoly charges too much for tic35.2×8.1M34k6.8k1.3k
18Aug 6, '24BREAKING: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be the Democratic VP candidate, alongside Kamala Harris. Walz forged a reputation as a Governor who makes good policy happen. Last year he si33.9×7.9M52k9.8k3.8k
19Sep 15, '23The CEO of General Motors just went on CNN and it went like this: "You've seen a 34 percent pay increase in your salary. You make almost 30 million. Why should your workers not get33.5×7.7M16k2.8k1.4k
20Apr 28, '23A daughter explains why her Mom can’t seem to find and keep good workers at her small business.33.1×7.7M37k5k2.5k
21Sep 18, '25In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.33×7.6M23k6k2.3k
22Apr 23, '24BREAKING: The FTC just banned non-compete agreements. The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule making it illegal for bosses to make workers sign noncompetes in any scen32.1×7.4M23k7.2k1.9k
23Oct 15, '25In New Jersey a bill has been introduced to make sure data centers pay for electricity they use. This power surcharge would go toward modernizing the state’s electric grid.29.9×6.9M31k2.4k1.1k
24Oct 16, '24BREAKING: The FTC has announced the “click-to-cancel” rule that will require companies to let you cancel any product as easily as you registered. Long, difficult cancelation proces29.9×6.9M34k5.5k1.1k
25Mar 6, '24The Federal Railroad Administration is conducting a study to evaluate restoring daily, long-distance, intercity train service. Their initial proposal would add 15 long-distance rou28.9×6.7M22k6.4k1.9k
26Feb 7, '23A new Iowa bill would roll back child labor laws, allowing 14 to 17-year-olds to work in mining, meatpacking, demolition, operating guillotine shears, and other dangerous jobs. Und27×6.2M24k6.9k1k
27May 21, '24Massachusetts taxed the rich. Now they have an extra $1.8 billion to spend. In November 2022 voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million. The state can now use that money o25.5×5.9M32k5.5k1.6k
28Sep 3, '24NEW: Alabama is farming out incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. The state takes 40% of wages and often denies parole to keep p23.3×5.4M23k11k4.9k
29Dec 12, '23Pennsylvania passed a law incentivizing private companies to buy publicly-owned water systems. Now residents are seeing their water bills skyrocket. One local official put it blunt22.6×5.2M20k4.1k1.2k
30Apr 11, '24Hawaii is on the verge of banning Airbnbs. Hawaii is facing one of the worst housing crises in the U.S. and over half of the state's short-term rentals are owned by people out-of-s21.2×4.9M17k3.6k614
31Jan 10, '23BREAKING: Bernie Sanders, incoming chair of the Senate Committee overseeing health care, has written Moderna urging it to halt its vaccine price increase from $26 to $130. He calls20.5×4.8M73k9.5k756
32Nov 6, '25Rogan, talking about Zohran Mamdani: "What else has he done that makes him a swindler?" Musk: " Um, well, I, I guess if you say, uh, what I mean, if you, if say, if you say..."20.3×4.7M18k1.7k2.7k
33Jan 17, '24BREAKING: The Biden administration is ending bank overdraft fees as we know them. Under a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule, overdraft fees at large banks will be stric19.7×4.6M21k4.9k900
34Aug 12, '24BREAKING: Banks, credit card companies, and more will be required to let customers talk to a human by pressing a single button under a new Biden administration proposed rule. The @18.8×4.3M28k4.5k1.1k
35Apr 24, '24BREAKING: Airlines will now have to pay you when they mess up. The Department of Transportation has issued a new rule requiring airlines to give you an automatic refund if your fli15.6×3.6M16k4.2k1.1k
36Feb 9, '23A new Zillow study says that renters who make minimum wage have two options to keep rent under 30% of their income: either find 3 roommates (with 2 people per bedroom) or work 4 fu14.6×3.4M39k7.3k1.2k
37Nov 4, '25OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. 14.2×3.3M29k3.4k2.2k
38May 2, '23BREAKING: Hollywood writers are striking. They’re fighting for their livelihoods against billion-dollar studios and streaming companies who have been squeezing writers to eke out m13.8×3.2M20k7.6k1.5k
39Feb 16, '23BREAKING: Tesla has fired 30+ workers at its Buffalo gigafactory, one day after workers there announced a unionization campaign. Tesla managers announced surprise performance revie13.4×3.1M27k5.3k356
40Jul 22, '24Disneyland workers have authorized a strike by 99%. Over 14,000 workers are ready to walk out over Disney's unfair labor practices. And now union leadership has the authority to ca13.1×3M20k3k543
41Feb 10, '23Back in December a union rail worker warned about the potential for a catastrophic train derailment. Then, a week ago, it happened in Ohio. It's time to listen to the workers.13×3M24k9.7k1.6k
42Jul 2, '24Barcelona is banning Airbnb. The mayor has announced that he will not renew the licenses for any of the over 10,000 short-term tourist rentals in the city. By 2028 all of these apa12.7×2.9M20k2.8k568
43Jan 9, '23We’re tired of seeing this type of “feel good” story! No one should have to go viral to retire at age 82.12×2.8M62k6.7k348
44Feb 8, '23BREAKING: Bernie Sanders has written Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz demanding he testify before the Senate about Starbucks's illegal union-busting at a March 9 hearing. If Schultz re11.4×2.6M17k1.6k164
45Mar 14, '25"I'm a veteran and you don't give a fuck about me!" Anger at DOGE and the GOP is boiling over. Rep. Chuck Edwards just got scorched at his own town hall over his support for massiv11×2.6M24k5k2.1k
46Feb 10, '23Norfolk Southern, the rail giant whose train derailed in Eastern Palestine, has offered to cut the town a check for $25,000. But 5,000 people live there, so that’s just $5 a person10.0×2.3M27k5.5k417
47Dec 13, '24BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas — the company's busiest time. The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic wa9.7×2.2M22k4k766
48Apr 25, '24BREAKING: The FCC just voted to restore net neutrality. The commission has decided to fully restore the net neutrality rules repealed under Trump. This decision will help ensure fa9.4×2.2M19k3.7k711
49Jan 7, '23NEW: The IRS targeted low-income wage earners for audits vastly more than other American taxpayers in 2022. They were audited at a rate 5.5x higher than people in virtually every o9.3×2.2M16k4.3k423
50Mar 23, '23Too often, bosses use their knowledge of rules and laws to exploit workers. But if you like the idea of workers turning the tables... you might want to see this.8.9×2.1M19k2.7k3.3k
51May 19, '23An entire Gamestop Store quit simultaneously the day the day The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom came out. They posted this message on the door:8.9×2.1M22k2.5k392
52Feb 15, '23The dollar store industry is a mess. Chronic understaffing means there’s often just one employee in the store. This woman got locked in when that employee went to use the bathroom.8.8×2M16k1.8k712
53Nov 18, '22BREAKING: Ticketmaster is under investigation by the Justice Department for abusing its monopoly power over the live music industry, per The New York Times.8.5×0129k15k1.7k
54Dec 20, '22A Chik-Fil-A in North Carolina has been caught paying workers in meals and using illegal child labor. The store is owned by Good Name 22:1 LLC, named after the Bible passage: “A go8.4×2M23k4k546
55Aug 25, '23BREAKING: The NLRB has ruled that if bosses commit unfair labor practices in the run-up to a union election then the election will be canceled and the Board will order the employer8.0×1.8M15k4.2k371
56Aug 6, '25Project Blue was a proposed massive and water-devouring $3.6 billion data center connected to Amazon. The city council just shot it down unanimously. Something is changing.7.7×1.8M42k5.5k1.7k
57Dec 13, '21Horrifying details are emerging about the tornado disaster at Amazon's warehouse in Illinois, where at least 6 workers were killed on the job. Before he died, Larry Virden reported7.4×083k28k2.3k
58Apr 2, '25BREAKING: The Department of Health and Human Services has fired every single worker in its program that helps low-income Americans pay their energy bills.6.8×1.6M19k7.4k1.7k
59Mar 20, '23BREAKING: Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz officially resigned this morning, two weeks earlier than anticipated. The billionaire returned last April to try to stop @SBWorkersUnited fr6.7×1.6M16k2.8k159
60Feb 13, '23NEW: She was 17, working as a barista, and living in her car. Days before HS graduation, Starbucks fired Katie for union organizing. Her plans for a new apartment & college wer6.7×1.6M24k3.2k567
61Mar 14, '23BREAKING: Democrats in the Michigan State Senate just voted to repeal the anti-union “Right to Work” law. It now heads to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk, where she plans to sign 6.2×1.4M15k2.3k167
63Jul 10, '24BREAKING: A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has just announced a deal to ban members of Congress from trading stocks. Senator Jeff Merkley (D): "We must be here to serve the publ5.0×1.1M17k2.8k463
64Sep 26, '22BREAKING: At a White House event, President Biden announces new plans to crack down on junk fees across the economy — including bank overdraft fees, credit card late fees, cell pho4.0×064k6.7k812
65Aug 19, '21On Wednesday, @DannyDevito expressed solidarity with striking Nabisco workers. “NO CONTRACTS NO SNACKS,” he tweeted. Today, Twitter stripped him of his verified status, DeVito conf3.9×049k13k635
66Oct 9, '21NEW: The workers who make Rice Krispies & Froot Loops are on strike at all Kellogg's U.S. cereal plants. They work 16-hour forced overtime shifts and 7-day work weeks, sometime3.6×032k18k825
67Feb 5, '21NEW: Amazon workers are exposing what's happening in Alabama. They say Amazon is forcing them into anti-union meetings, texting them up to 5x daily, putting messages in bathrooms, 3.5×033k16k1.4k
68Mar 25, '22LEAKED EMAIL: Applebee’s franchise exec says that rising gas prices are great for business because the chain can offer workers lower wages. “Most of our employee base and potential3.5×033k12k1.8k
69Nov 9, '22BREAKING: Proposition 5 in Vermont passes making it the first state to codify abortion rights in its constitution.3.4×059k5.8k192
70Aug 12, '24Coca-Cola has been hiding "astronomical levels" of profit in tax havens to shield it from the IRS, a judge found. They now have to start paying back $16 billion in taxes — enough t2.9×662k17k4.6k662
71Feb 24, '23We need this brand of “feel good” stories to end. People should be able to retire, and keep their housing, without needing a miracle.2.8×639k16k2.4k108
72Mar 3, '22BREAKING: New York Times tech workers just voted to unionize, forming the largest tech union in U.S. history.2.8×046k5k297
73Jul 10, '21Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kansas, are on strike for fair pay, humane schedules and safe working conditions. The company is starting to suffer the consequences of years of mistre2.6×036k8.9k198
74Aug 28, '24Incoming2.3×539k16k2.3k255
75Feb 2, '21History is unfolding right now in Alabama. A Black women-led group of Amazon warehouse workers is on the verge of organizing the company's first U.S. union. If they win, it could r2.2×024k9.2k459
76Sep 20, '22BREAKING: Nearly 300 workers at Home Depot in Philadelphia have filed to unionize. This would be the first union at Home Depot in the United States.2.0×030k4.8k118
77Dec 7, '21BREAKING: The 1400 striking Kellogg’s workers have courageously voted to reject the contract offer from the breakfast giant. They walked out 9 weeks ago after years of 16-hour shif1.9×026k5.7k291
78Dec 15, '21NEW: Workers who make cakes for Baskin Robbins are forced to work 12-14 hours/day, make 13+ cakes/minute & get 3 sick days/year. Workers say they’ve developed arthritis & b1.7×017k7.8k383
79May 18, '22NEW: Elon Musk says he’ll vote for Republicans this year because “the Democratic Party is overly controlled by the unions and…class-action lawyers.” Musk is a notorious union-buste1.7×018k3.9k754
80Apr 1, '22BREAKING: David beats Goliath! In a historic victory, Amazon workers in Staten Island win the first U.S. Amazon union. @AmazonLabor and workers at the JFK8 warehouse overcame extre1.6×024k4.6k146
81Oct 12, '22NEW STUDY: Being in a union means a $1.3 million increase in lifetime earnings – larger than the average gains from getting a college degree.1.6×024k4.5k532
82Nov 9, '22JUST IN: Washington D.C. passes a huge raise for restaurant workers and other tipped employees. Voters backed Initiative 82, outlawing a sub-minimum wage for tipped workers — inste1.6×026k3.4k169
83Dec 10, '21UPDATE: Efforts to replace striking Kellogg's workers has been disastrous, workers tell us. Scabs wreaked havoc on the factory, most cereals are not being produced, and a delivery 1.6×021k4.2k224
84Feb 21, '22BREAKING: Starbucks has fired one of the leading @SBWorkersUnited union organizers in Buffalo. Cassie Fleischer worked at Starbucks for five years. She helped Elmwood become the fi1.6×022k4.7k282
85Nov 3, '22BREAKING: Ticketmaster-Live Nation reports record quarterly earnings of $6.2 billion, fueled by an all-time high in combined ticket and fee charges. Ticketmaster fees now cost as m1.5×018k3.8k468
86Apr 8, '21BREAKING: More Perfect Union has obtained emails showing that Amazon privately pressured USPS to install an illegal ballot dropbox during the union election in Bessemer, AL. The em1.3×015k5.1k519
87Sep 22, '25View post on X1.3×302k19k2.4k510
88Apr 14, '22Elon Musk fired pro-union Tesla workers and was disciplined by the NLRB for violating workers’ right to organize. He silences workers in his factory every day, but we’re sure he’d 1.3×017k4.6k185
89Nov 15, '22BREAKING: Oregon is the first state to make health care a constitutional right. Voters passed Ballot Measure 111, giving every Oregonian a right to "cost-effective, clinically appr1.3×019k3.2k155
90Nov 4, '22Twitter is being hit with a major federal lawsuit after Elon Musk initiated layoffs of 3,700 employees. Federal law requires that big companies give 60 days notice of mass layoffs.1.3×020k2.5k214
92Sep 18, '21BREAKING: After weeks of strikes and protests, Nabisco workers have voted to ratify a new contract & end their strike. The new agreement includes $.60/hour wage increases each 1.2×017k3.8k182
93Nov 10, '22Eli Lilly apologizing for a fake tweet but not for charging $714.87 for a carton of insulin.1.2×017k4.2k109
94Dec 6, '22UPDATE: Elon Musk terminated the contract employing the striking janitors. "We have about 48 families out of work. And it just so happens that it’s three weeks before Christmas,” t1.2×017k3.2k201
95Nov 14, '22BREAKING: 48,000 academic workers at the University of California have begun the largest higher education strike in U.S. history. The UC workers, represented by @UAW, are picketing1.2×016k3.7k174
96May 10, '21BREAKING: Amazon workers revealed new evidence of Amazon's illegal union-busting—including managers passing out coupons for 15 extra minutes of break time—at an NLRB hearing today.1.1×016k3.3k322
97Dec 7, '21The Kellogg’s strike is working. Keep up the pressure and demand that @KelloggsUS negotiate a fair contract with its workers.1.1×016k3.1k87
98Nov 30, '22UPDATE: Bernie Sanders' amendment to guarantee 7 days of paid sick leave to rail workers is building momentum - Rubio, Cruz, Hawley indicate they may support - Cornyn suggests it m1.0×015k1.8k172
99Nov 9, '22JUST IN: California becomes the second state in U.S. history to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution, joining Vermont.1.0×016k1.9k39

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