Michael Sainato
American Prospect
Gainesville, FL, United States
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Is Unemployment Insurance Behind the Fast-Food Labor Shortage?
In reality, it’s the low pay and abysmal working conditions. → Read More
Amazon Warehouse Workers in Alabama: ‘They Work You to Death’
Employees in Bessemer, Alabama, are seeking union representation, which would make them the first unionized Amazon warehouse workers in the nation. → Read More
Nurses Striking Over Cuts, Staff Shortages
Across the country, nurses are fighting for better conditions and higher wages, especially in the midst of the pandemic. → Read More
Professors Speak Out About College Reopenings Amid Coronavirus
As campuses reopen and then close, faculty express concern about lack of safety protections and blame-shifting to students. → Read More
Workers Face Retaliation For Organizing Unions During COVID-19
As workers organize unions to improve working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, employers have engaged in retaliation, including laying offs. → Read More
Millions of U.S. Workers Still Unemployed as Enhanced Benefits Set to Expire
The CARES Act added $600 to weekly unemployment checks, but that goes away July 26, and Congress hasn’t moved to extend it. → Read More
'I Have to Move Into a Homeless Shelter': Coronavirus Evictions Have Begun
As Congress moves to pass a stimulus bill, it may come too late for people already on the verge of losing their homes. → Read More
Coronavirus Is Ripping Away Health Insurance for Hourly Workers
"I’m worried if my son gets sick," said one hotel housekeeper who has seen drastic cuts to her hours. → Read More
Michael Bloomberg’s Troubling Record on Unions and Workers
Expired contracts, no paid sick leave policy, and an un-unionized presidential campaign staff → Read More
Fighting the Fossil Fuel Economy in Appalachia
With the coal industry dying, public officials are promoting fracking and petrochemicals. Activists are working to demonstrate that the region’s real economic future is green. → Read More
Inside the Surging Rage at Trump in Midwest Factory Towns
Conservative areas like Miami County, Indiana, are sick of seeing profitable companies ship jobs offshore despite the president's promises. → Read More
Bottled Water Is Sucking Florida Dry
The state’s aquifers are shrinking, yet corporations want to appropriate even more of them. → Read More
The Ruthless Reality of Amazon's One-Day Shipping
Amazon has rapidly expanded its internal shipping services as the company shifts toward one-day delivery shipping from its default two-day shipping service. The company is pledging to spend $800 million this quarter to achieve one-day delivery as the default shipping option for all prime members. But this planned growth has incited concerns from workers, contract delivery carriers, and logistics… → Read More
Anti-Union University Administrations Fight Graduate Student Worker Organizing
Conditions in higher education have increasingly shifted toward using graduate students as a "cheaper labor source." → Read More
When a Company Tries to Decertify Its Union
In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. → Read More
When Your Boss Locks You Out for Nearly 6 Months and Cuts Off Your Healthcare
In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. → Read More
Too Sick, Too Pregnant, Too Well Paid: Walmart Workers on Why the Company Fires Them
Sixty-one-year-old Jose Ramos says he often experienced racism and discrimination from his department manager toward the end of his 17 years working as a forklift operator at a Grand Prairie, TX, Walmart. → Read More
‘A National Disgrace’: Port Truckers Demand an End to Misclassification
A new California bill aims to end indentured servitude in the port-trucking industry. → Read More
Low Literacy Rates, Lack of Education Funding Fuel Cycle of Incarceration
Some states' attempts to make education less accessible to prisoners flies in the face of common sense. → Read More
Oklahoma Could Execute Potentially Innocent Prisoners With Nitrogen Gas
Oklahoma has ended its moratorium on the death penalty but the flaws and racial bias in its judicial system remain. → Read More