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Bitcoin Is National Currency in El Salvador. Now Who's Going to Get Rich?
After a mysterious donor turned a Salvadoran surf town into “Bitcoin Beach,” the country made crypto legal tender—and perhaps a source of profit.
NYU Emailed the Parents of Striking Grad Students to Say Striking Is Bad
NYU President Andrew Hamilton called the strike "unwarranted" and insisted graduate student workers were demanding too much.
Amazon Workers in Chicago Strike Over Ruthless 'Megacycle' Shifts
Amazon's 10-and-a-half-hour graveyard shift, known as the 'megacycle,' has been rolled out across the United States over the past year.
75 Striking Workers Halt Construction at Future Amazon Warehouse
Workers walked off the job at the site of a future Amazon warehouse in Oxnard, California on Thursday because Amazon's contractor hired non-union, out-of-state workers for the project, union officials said.
Why the NBA Wildcat Strike Is So Important
Despite a no-strike clause in their contract, playoff teams joined the Bucks in refusing to play and demand justice for Jacob Blake.
Visual Novel Writers Win Pay Raise After 21 Day Strike
Freelance writers for the popular visual novel collection Lovestruck won a significant pay increase from their publisher, Voltage, in a historic victory for labor in the game industry.
Visual Novel Maker Says It Will Replace Its Striking Writers
21 freelance writers for 'Lovestruck' have gone on strike, after management refused to negotiate with the group collectively.
Google and Lyft Workers Tell Us Why They’re Striking for Black Lives Matter
Tens of thousands of workers will stage a massive work stoppage on July 20 to demand that corporations and the government confront systemic racism and police brutality.
Thousands of Scientists Are Striking for Black Lives
Thousands of scientists and institutions such as Nature, the American Physical Society, and arXiv are striking or shutting down today in support of protests and to advocate for a more inclusive STEM community.
California Police Used Military Surveillance Tech at Grad Student Strike
UC Santa Cruz police utilized military surveillance equipment to surveil and police the graduate student 'wildcat' strike earlier this year.
Amazon Workers in New York Are Striking for the Second Week in a Row as Coronavirus Cases Pile Up
Advocates now say employees at Staten Island's JFK8 facility have heard of at least 25 confirmed cases among their colleagues.
Coronavirus Is a Labor Crisis, and a General Strike Might Be Next
Workers all over America are striking, walking off the job, protesting, and organizing "sick-outs" during the coronavirus pandemic. A general strike could be big, and it might already be starting.