More Perfect Union

Workers in Georgia won one of the most improbable union victories in a generation. They unionized Blue Bird—the country’s largest electric school bus maker—in the anti-union South. We dug into how they did it, and what it will take to turn their victory into a wave. ----- More Perfect Union is a nonprofit media organizaton with a mission to build power for working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion

Billionaires aren't going to save the American dream, working class people are. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

There's a rural hospital crisis in in America. 30% of rural hospitals across the U.S. are in danger of closing — putting thousands of Americans farther and farther from life-saving medical care. Every closure puts more lives at risk. We dug into why this is happening — and how we can stop it. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

43% of people in Puerto Rico live in poverty. More than 5,000 crypto traders, real estate developers and other wealthy Americans have moved to the island since 2012. These rich transplants pay 3% taxes, while locals pay up to 36%. We spoke with local residents, investigative journalists and activists as well as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to answer one question: What happens when a government surrenders itself entirely to the 1%? ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

Big Pharma turned the United States into the most lucrative market in the world by rigging the system. For 20 years, they’ve successfully denied the government the ability to negotiate prices for Medicare. That could end soon. But pharmaceutical companies are waging a war to protect their profits. We're exposing the bogus legal strategies they're using to keep your drug prices high. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

When George Lucas first created Star Wars, he used non-union workers to make the VFX-heavy film quickly. But decades later, visual effects workers are still non-union, leading to rampant abuse and turnover. That’s about to change. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

“If you get hurt because of the heavy work load, they want to discipline you.” Here’s why over 50,000 workers at Vegas hotels like MGM and Caesar's Palace are on the verge of a strike. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

Did you know you can patent a living thing? Decades of lobbying made that possible. Now just four companies control the intellectual property behind nearly ALL of the food we eat. We call them the "Life Cartel" and we broke down their plot to privatize everything. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

What if you owned your internet company? The Biden administration has authorized the biggest public investment in broadband in U.S. history. But now Comcast, Verizon, and other big telecom companies are fighting to get their hands on the money. America needs them to lose, and public-ownership to win. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

Black union workers are under siege in Memphis. For decades, workers who make protein for Nestle made a fair living. After a $26 billion takeover, a new owner wants to take away lunch breaks & destroy the union. Workers won’t back down. They’ve been striking for 4 months. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

We visited Trump's "rally for autoworkers" in Detroit to talk with workers about the presidential race and working class power. The only autoworker we could find invited us to his home and told us Trump risks losing his support: “If he’s against the worker, I’m against him." Hosted by @heyjohnrussell. You can find more from John Russell at his newsletter here: https://www.theholler.co/ Co-producer/camera: Nehemiah Stark (@northbyns) ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

Corporations have turned Medicare Advantage into a money-making scheme, denying patients care to generate profits. For Megan Bent, it may have cost her father his life. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

The United Auto Workers strike is historic. Not just because it's the first time in history the union is striking all Big 3 automakers – Ford, GM, and Stellantis – at once, but because they're fighting for the whole working class. Workers are tired of generating massive profits, and getting so little. One union member stuck it to the CEOs: "Is your time really worth 300-400x more? Do you really work 300-400x times harder than we do? No, you don't." #uaw #ford #generalmotors #stellantis ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

Ron DeSantis has made Florida nearly unlivable for working people, with skyrocketing rent, insurance, and power bills. He’s done it all for his billionaire donors. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

The workers who power the biggest superhero movies on the planet voted unanimously to unionize with VFX-IATSE. This is a major first step for the industry, and Disney is next. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

One of the most popular video games in the world isn’t actually a video game. Roblox is a social platform where users, mostly kids, build games for other kids to play, getting compensated in scraps while the corporation rakes in billions of dollars. And labor exploitation isn’t the only problem on Roblox. There’s scammers, nightmarish corporate metaverses, gambling, and chat rooms ripe with predatory behavior, all in a game aimed primarily toward kids. It’s not hopeless. There’s precedent for the FTC to take action. We investigated some of the most dangerous ways Roblox extracts value from children, and what we can do to stop them. A clarification: In the video, we say that Roblox takes 70% of game sales before developers cash out. Roblox does take roughly 70% of the cut of game earnings (sometimes more), but only part of this is taken before the developer cashes out. Roblox takes a 30% cut of gamepass sales, and then 2/3 of the remainder upon cashing out. Additionally, Roblox takes 70% of Robux earned through marketplace purchases. ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion

150,000 autoworkers across the U.S. could walk off the job next month. They’re fighting for a 40% pay increase — the same raise that Ford, Stellantis & GM CEOs have seen over the past 4 years. This would be the largest strike in the U.S. auto industry in fifty years. #stellantis #ford #generalmotors #gm ----- More Perfect Union is a new nonprofit media org with a mission to empower working people. Learn more here: http://perfectunion.us/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfUnion