Book Review: End of the Road: Inside the War on Truckers by Gord Magill

Few people are as qualified to speak about the plight of the American trucker as Gord Magill.

Long Island Rail workers strike; Hezbollah’s fiber-optic drone warfare; Ebola outbreak in DRC

Drop Site Daily: May 18, 2026

The Death of Mother Jones

Caesar Rodney board votes to increase teachers’ pay following referendum 

The Caesar Rodney Board of Education approved a new contract for the district’s union that raises pay for educators.

Starbucks Is Bargaining Backwards, Baristas Say

Union baristas are finally back to the negotiating table with Starbucks, but the workers charge that rather than progressing, the company is reopening already agreed-upon issues. “They're trying to move backwards on issues we've already settled instead of settling the few that we have left,” said Mina Leon, a barista in downtown Manhattan who struck for two months to get the company back to the table.

After Three-Week Strike, JBS Concedes to Meatpacking Workers

Last month, 3,800 meatpacking workers in UFCW Local 7 in Greeley, Colorado launched the industry’s first major strike in 40 years. The three-week unfair labor practice strike was the first time workers had ever struck the JBS Greeley beef packing plant, one of the company’s largest. ULP charges against JBS included the illegal termination of a member of the bargaining committee and surveillance and intimidation of workers for participation in union activity.