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  • faviconAnalysis Shows ‘Quiet Fleecing’ of US Workers—Not ‘Quiet Quitting’—Is the Real Problem. “Workers are more productive than ever, but their pay hasn’t kept pace while top 1% wages have skyrocketed,” says the Economic Policy Institute [2018]
    In: Predatory capitalism    
    Topics: Research, Wage Slavery   
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    Country: US   
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  • faviconSupport for Unions Hits 70-Year High as US Workers See Power of Organized Labor — The upswing in support for organized labor—which paradoxically comes even as U.S. union membership remains near an all-time low—has been attributed to a wave of successful organizing in recent years [2024]
    In: Trade unions    
    Topics: Worker Rights   
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    Country: US   
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  • faviconCorporate dictatorships rule the lives of perhaps 80 percent of working Americans. These corporations, with little or no oversight, surveil and monitor their workforces. They fire workers for expressing leftist political opinions on social media or at public events during their off-hours. They terminate those who file complaints or publicly voice criticism about working conditions [2019]
    In: Democracy & Power    
    Topics: Worker Rights, Workplace Dictatorship   
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    Country: US   
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  • faviconWhy Young People Are Joining Unions Again – A workplace is, at the most fundamental level, a microcosm of the political system. There are those who hold power, the bosses, and those who don’t, the workers. When unions are powerful, workers have something akin to a voice in the direction of their workplace [2018]
    In: Trade unions    
    Topics: Worker Rights, Workplace Dictatorship   
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    Source: Common Dreams