The 2023 Writers Strike, Explained
On May 2 2023, the Writers Guild officially went on strike. Here’s what we know.
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Vintage Union Christmas Cartoon
A December 2022 Imgur post featured what appeared to be a vintage Christmas cartoon advocating for unions.
The Rail Strike, Explained
In late November 2022, Congress intervened in an attempt to avert a railroad strike. Here’s why.
‘There Were Zero Unionized Starbucks Stores at This Time [in 2021], Now There Are Over 200. Happy Labor Day.’
A popular Labor Day 2022 Facebook post claimed that more than 200 Starbucks locations had unionized in the preceding year.
Bank of America ‘We Hope Conditions for American Workers Will Get Worse’ Memo
A purportedly leaked memo from Bank of America (“we hope conditions for American workers will get worse”) circulated across social media in late July and early August 2022.
‘Young Girls Working at an Oyster Processing Plant’
An image shared to Imgur in June 2022 purportedly showed young girls who worked shucking oysters in 1911 or 1912.
‘Boss Texts on Your Day Off? Leave Them Unread’ Billboard
A viral image of a purported billboard advising drivers that if their boss texts on their day off that they should “leave them unread” circulated across social media platforms.
‘It’s Been Illegal for Employers to Forbid Workers From Discussing Their Pay For the Last 86 Years, Since the National Labor Relations Act of 1935’
Amid ongoing social media discourse about labor issues, a tweet claiming that it is “illegal for employers to forbid workers from discussing their pay” went viral.