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‘I had a target on my back’: Judge orders fired Trader Joe’s worker reinstatement
Trader Joe's is appealing the ruling.
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Michael Sainato
February 2023
'Those bonds and solidarity are missing': Fernando León de Aranoa on workplace power dynamics
Starring Javier Bardem, the latest film from Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa, The Good Boss, picks apart the myth of the benevolent employer
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Michael Sainato
January 2023
Judge grants preliminary injunction to block historic California fast food worker bill AB257
The largest fast food retail chains are spending millions of dollars in opposition to California bill AB257
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Michael Sainato
December 2022
2022 Labor round-up
A surge in union organizing, strikes
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Michael Sainato
November 2022
Will railroad workers get sick days?
House passes provision, but faces uncertainty in Senate vote
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Michael Sainato
Alabama workers locked out after refusing $28k bonus to replace overtime pay
The lockout has reached the one-month mark
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Michael Sainato
October 2022
Starbucks ditches union bargaining sessions
Agreeing to a union contract doesn't have to be difficult or 'complex'
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Michael Sainato
Call for sources/labor round-up
I’m currently working on a story about workers who have to work two or more jobs to make ends meet, especially in response to rising prices/costs of…
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Michael Sainato
T-Mobile workers launch first union campaign since merger with Sprint
T-Mobile, the world’s largest Telecom company since merging with Sprint in 2020, has aggressively opposed unionization efforts at the company, with…
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Michael Sainato
August 2022
McDonald's, AT&T, Starbucks workers
Sexual harassment and retaliation, the fight for remote work, and ongoing strikes and union busting
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Michael Sainato
July 2022
Uber drivers and false deactivations
For years, rideshare drivers with Uber have complained about wrongful deactivations of their account, which essentially force these workers to take…
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Michael Sainato
‘It’s inhumane’: how US prison work breaks bodies and minds for pennies
Jennifer Tucker was imprisoned at Camp Alderson, a federal prison in West Virginia, in the early 2010’s. While imprisoned, she explained getting a job…
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Michael Sainato
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