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Chris Albright (second to left) and Jessica Albright (second to right) pose for a family photo with their children in East Palestine, Ohio, in October 2021. Photo courtesy of Chris Albright.

They were just another East Palestine family—until Norfolk Southern set off a bomb in their lives

by Maximillian Alvarez December 6, 2023December 7, 2023

Starbucks workers are striking due to overwhelming demands and understaffing at many of the stores in New York, USA, on November 16, 2023. Photo by Victor M. Matos/Thenews2/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

Macy’s, Starbucks workers use fake corporate holidays to strike

by Maximillian Alvarez December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Fabric sign in front of a construction site that reads "20 percent of housing will be affordable."

Economy and Inequality

‘Subsidizing Abuse’ investigates Minnesota’s affordable housing industry’s record of worker exploitation—while receiving millions in public dollars

by Isabela Escalona November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

Amazon Prime lorries are seen at the Amazon fulfilment centre on December 13, 2021, in London, England.

Economy and Inequality

Amazon fired him for union organizing—1.5 years later, he’s still fighting for accountability

by Maximillian Alvarez November 22, 2023November 24, 2023

First Avenue workers pose with their fists raised outside the iconic Minneapolis music venue only a few hours before the First Avenue management voluntarily recognized the union. Photo: Isabela Escalona

Politics and Movements: US

First Avenue workers’ victory: another win for union and worker center collaborations

by Isabela Escalona November 15, 2023March 13, 2024

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain speaks to auto workers before the arrival of President Joe Biden at the Community Complex Building on November 9, 2023, in Belvidere, Illinois. Biden was in Belvidere to celebrate the scheduled reopening of Stellantis' Belvidere Assembly Plant and the settlement of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.

Politics and Movements: US

The Big Three have fallen

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

A group of dozens of Teamsters and local community members walk a picket line at sunset outside Amazon's BWI5 warehouse in Baltimore on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. On the corner of the intersection stands a "Fat Cat" blowup doll. Photo by Maximillian Alvarez.

The Teamsters picket Amazon in Baltimore to demand company rehire fired unionized drivers in California

by Maximillian Alvarez November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

Master Lock Company, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on JUNE 16, 2012. Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

‘They’re making a huge mistake’: Master Lock workers speak out on plant closure

by Isabela Escalona November 6, 2023November 27, 2023

On October 18, former VU Manufacturing workers held signs reading 'Blacklists are illegal' and 'Workers united are never defeated' while protesting the employment blacklist and lack of severance pay in front of the city government buildings in Piedras Negras.

Economy and Inequality

US auto workers and activists in Michigan show up for fired VU Manufacturing workers in Mexico

by Ashley Bishop October 24, 2023March 13, 2024

Split screen image with Diany Rodriguez (left), a rank-and-file SAG-AFTRA member, and Marcelina Pedraza (right), an electrician at Ford Chicago Assembly Plant and member of UAW Local 551, speaking on TRNN's Worker Solidarity Livestream on Oct. 18, 2023. Screenshot/TRNN.

Economy and Inequality

‘We’re all workers’: Striking UAW and SAG-AFTRA members won’t be pitted against each other

by Maximillian Alvarez October 19, 2023October 19, 2023