when people deride the concept of 'neoliberalism,' the mayor is evidencing what they mean. the general skittishness/fear of using government power to help create an economy that works for working people

THREAD: Subway used to have $5 footlongs, now it’s “$6, six inches”. The McChicken used to be $1, now it's almost $3. Taco Bell’s Beefy 5-layer burrito was $0.89 in 2009, now it’s $3.69.

Fast food companies want to blame inflation or the minimum wage going up. It’s all a lie.

BREAKING: Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama have filed to form the company's first U.S. union.

A supermajority of the plant's 5,000 workers have already signed union cards to join UAW.

We are seeing the fruits of the largest organizing drive in modern American history.

As Shawn Fain said: 'Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently dared to say that the economic model of the South is under attack. She’s damn right it is! It’s under attack because workers are fed up with getting screwed.'

NEW: This small Tennessee town is charting a future for the working class.

It’s home to one of the biggest new manufacturing projects in America — building Ford’s EV truck.

Workers say it changed their lives. It could be a preview of an economic boom for communities everywhere.

Biden summons Bernie Sanders to help boost drug-price campaign wapo.st/4cVtDwj

Thanks to Jon Stewart for having me on to talk about FTC’s work to lower the cost of asthma inhalers, the importance of holding corporate executives accountable for lawbreaking, and how monopolies can use their power to bully, coerce, and censor speech.

In its lawsuit against Apple’s monopolist practices, the Department of Justice antitrust division explains that the $3 trillion company uses its power and control over content to limit artistic expression:

The UAW is in the middle of the biggest union push in recent memory.

They're trying to organize non-union automakers, and the 150,000 workers they employ.

Take a look at where the organizing is happening!

Link: perfectunion.us/uaw-map/

BREAKING: In a major loss for Apple, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed the strongest right-to-repair bill in the country into law, her office tells us.

Oregon becomes the first state to ban 'parts pairing,' which let companies like Apple decide when and how you replace parts.

That's a fantastic question, More Perfect Union, and it highlights a widespread issue.

This type of theft doesn't just impact individuals; it also has major economic consequences. Learn how to prevent it: dol.gov/agencies/whd/w… #KnowYourRights

appreciated having a forum to discuss re-invigorating a movement built around economic justice

DOJ suit against Apple has five claims on monopoly maintenance. Antitrust Division alleges Apple:

1) Blocking super apps
2) Mobile cloud streaming services
3) Excluding cross-platform messaging apps
4) Degrading non-Apple smart watches
5) Limiting third party digital wallets

Starbucks will meet with delegates from 400 union stores next month to bargain a framework for union contracts.

Until now, there'd been only limited bargaining for individual stores scattered around the country. A big step forward for Starbucks Workers United
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2. AstraZeneca's announcement follows Boehringer Ingelheim's move to drop out-of-pocket inhaler costs.

I urge the other firms whose patents FTC challenged—including GSK and Teva Pharmaceuticals—to withdraw their improperly listed patents and drop costs for Americans.

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BREAKING: Under pressure from Sen. Bernie Sanders and the FTC, pharma giant AstraZeneca is cutting the price of its inhalers to just $35/month for most U.S. patients. They currently cost as much as $645.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce just commissioned a paper on all the great stuff mergers do. And one of the examples is... Boeing's roll-up of the aerospace industry.

Ladies and gentlemen, the U.S. Chamber! uschamber.com/assets/documen…

❗️Big from Kamala Harris, now pushing the DEA to move faster on rescheduling marijuana at the federal level. From pool report, she said:

“I cannot emphasize enough that they need to get to it as quickly as possible. We need to have a resolution based on their findings and their…

This is a trend I've been worried about: 'Instead of trying to reach everybody on the internet, they have kept more narrow lanes of coverage and targeted high-income readers'

We built ⁦More Perfect Union⁩ with the goal of mass, working class reach nytimes.com/2024/03/12/bus…