Writers Strike: Crappy Shows are Bad For Everyone. Greatness Should Pay
The 9,000 members of the Writers Guild of America on picket lines as crappy TV shows are being produced with fewer episodes.
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Spoiled Yale Graduate Students Start ‘Hunger Strike’ (Until They’re Hungry)
Yale’s teaching assistants are ‘like prisoners being mistreated,’ the grad students claim.
What Was Really Driving the Uber Boycott This Weekend
People are irked over things like surge pricing, and this was a perfect opportunity to vent.
‘Deus Ex’ Voice Actor Elias Toufexis Guest Stars on the New Heat Street Gamecast
We talk with an acclaimed video game voice actor about the ongoing strike and issues facing the industry.
Video Game Voice Actors Will Go on Strike and Probably Fail
The voice actors union is not as powerful as it thinks it is.
Free Speech Ruling Opens Door to Unionization, Pay for College Football Players
The NLRB’s memo refers to football players “employees.”
Bernie Sanders to Join Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Shadow Cabinet’ Effort
Making a play behind the scenes.
Ivy League Colleges Gear up for Fight with Union Organizers
The decision could also create thousands of union members at a time when organized labor has been on the decline.
Feds Raid Home, Office, Pub of Philly Union Boss Tied to DNC and Clinton
Last week, Philadelphia’s most powerful labor boss was spending $80,000+ in union funds on DNC parties. This week, the feds seized evidence from his property.
Democrats Are Losing Blue-Collar Voters to Trump in Swing State Pennsylvania
The GOP gained 128,000 voters in the first three months of 2016.
Philadelphia Police Union Slams Hillary Over DNC Speakers
Clinton invited the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner to speak but no family members of slain cops.