Labor Is Demanding an End to Wall Street Stock Buybacks
Stock buybacks are a major way the rich can hoard their wealth instead of investing in workers — which is why a coalition of unions is demanding an end to such buybacks.
2 Articles by: Ericka Wills
Ericka Wills is a professor at the University of Wisconsin School for Workers.
Alabama Miners Are Holding Firm on the Longest Ongoing Strike in the US
Miners in Alabama went on strike in April 2021 after the company hit them with wage and benefit cuts. A year and a half later, with the company continuing to post record profits, the miners and their families are still on strike — and still refusing to back down.