by Ju-Hyun Park | Oct 20, 2025 | China, Donald Trump, ICE, immigration, Japan, labor, Militarism, News Analysis, South Korea, Tariffs, Trump Administration, Unions
Zip ties. Helicopters. Crowded cells. Guns trained on bewildered workers. Foul water. Forced vaccinations. An unconscious detainee left on the floor by negligent guards. A pregnant woman in handcuffs. A detainee being called “Rocket Man” (Donald Trump’s nickname for Kim Jong Un) by sneering federal agents. A menstruating woman forced to attend to her period with only toilet paper.
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by Tyler Walicek | Oct 19, 2025 | health care, Health Care Workers, kaiser permanente, labor, News Analysis, Private Equity, Strikes, Unions
“Our patients deserve the best, not mediocrity.” This phrase has been emblazoned across graphics on the social media feeds of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP), an American Federation of Teachers affiliate, Local 5017. The roughly 6,000 health care professionals of the OFNHP are locked in a contract fight with their employer, Kaiser Permanente…
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by Jesse Baum | Oct 17, 2025 | labor, News, NLRB, Unions
When a Dollar General stocker named David Williams saw two of his co-workers struggling to subdue a would-be shoplifter who was carrying a knife in 2019, the then-33-year-old kept his mouth shut. Later, when a co-worker asked him why he did nothing, Williams told him the truth. “I said, ‘No offense, but I only get paid one time, and that is to be a stocker,’” said Williams…
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