Have you been seeing that study going around that says an auto workers strike could harm the economy? 

Anderson Economic Group, which has boasted General Motors and Ford as clients, released a study about a potential strike’s cost to “the economy,” leaving out important context readers should know about the whole purpose of strikes. Read about the insidious narrative below in Sarah’s latest hot and informed take, co-published with The American Prospect: The Conflicted Analysis of What an Auto Workers Strike Would ‘Cost’.

“What’s harmed in a strike is corporate profits, a harm that can end at any minute, when the companies, which have raked in those record profits, decide to negotiate in good faith and make concessions.” 🔥

In a Summer of Record Heat, These Striking Workers Are Making Climate Demands

Pennsylvania workers represented by United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America have been on strike since late June. They’re fighting for a green overhaul of the rail industry.

Check out Sarah’s previous reporting on UE’s “Green Locomotive Project”: The Filthy Emissions of Railroad Locomotives—and the Rail Unions Sounding the Alarm.

“We Are Drowning”: Nurses Say Illinois Hospital Plagued With Unsafe Staffing

Nurses who have been negotiating for months warn that Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet is failing to comply with a 2021 Illinois law to ensure safe staffing. They’ve been on strike this week, and Ascension has locked them out through tomorrow.

Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care.

There are just three flights leaving Sana’a every week. But Yemen has an estimated 71,000 cancer patients who need out-of-country care. One of those patients is 11-year-old Raneem Isa Muhammad Jaber, who suffers from a skin condition that leaves black spots all over her body and an itchy and painful black