New investigation from former FTC Chair Lina Khan's @center-law-economy.bsky.social: Amazon's AI shopping bot CAN detect "Made in USA" fraud, it just doesn't act on it. Amazon's own bot said flagging real US-made goods would "redirect shoppers away from" the 40-50% of sellers based in China.

Amazon, Walmart AI detect 'made in USA' fraud but do not flag it, study says

Amazon and Walmart AI shopping assistants can often detect when "Made ‌in USA" product labels are false, but the big retailers are not using that technology to crack down on the listings, according to...

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THIS.

AFL-CIO@aflcio.org · 2w ago

An immigrant doesn’t stand between you and a good job. A billionaire does.

Shout out to @wgawest.bsky.social for their continued work to ensure this bad deal for consumers and workers never sees the light of day! #BlockTheMerger

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

A judge extended the temporary stalling the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger for another two weeks — meaning David Ellison won't be able to close the deal until at least August 17.

TV showrunner, writer, and producer Mike Schur on the WGA lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger. Read more writer testimony here: vist.ly/5cdzr. #BlockTheMerger

Solidarity doesn't clock out.

Happening Today!

United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 4w ago

The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵

We don’t get stability without money. We don’t get change without power. We don’t get dignity without respect.

The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵

SICK OF THIS CRAP? INTERESTED IN BEING RADICALIZED RATHER THAN BEING LED TO DESPAIR? We gotchu. 💪 Sign up for free, virtual organizing seminars w/ @codecwa.bsky.social: code-cwa.org/upcoming-tra... In the US or Canada? Join United Videogame Workers: uvw-cwa.org/membership

UPDATE: More 'Save Our Devs' rallies have been announced—including one at Obsidian Entertainment and another at Microsoft's campus in Redmond—in support of laid off Xbox workers.

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 4w ago

'We mean business:' Xbox union workers fighting back with 'Save Our Devs' rally on July 15

Workers protest MindsEye playtest for bringing in fans to 'do jobs that would otherwise have been theirs' aftermath.site/mindseye-prote...

We're so much stronger together!

World of Warcraft Gamemakers Guild - CWA@wowgg-cwa.bsky.social · 3w ago

What are we fighting for at Blizzard Entertainment? WoWGG member John Hartzell walks us through it @cwaunion.bsky.social @videogameworkers.bsky.social

State Attorneys General are standing up for consumers and workers where federal regulators didn't. They're fighting to block the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery megamerger. We need more competition, more jobs, and lower prices, not more corporate monopolies. #BlockTheMerger

AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 3w ago

I'm leading 12 states in challenging the proposed merger of Warner Bros. and Paramount and asking the court to block the deal. CA's film and entertainment industry touches the lives of Americans daily. We’re going to court to fight for a free and fair market and protect this iconic industry.

They want exhausted people. Divided people. Hopeless people. That's why joy matters. Joy reminds us we're still here. Joy reminds us we belong. Joy reminds us we're still capable of changing the world. 💜

All this while Starbucks is the biggest violator of US labor law in modern history, btw

Never forget that you, that we all, deserve better. They are counting on you forgetting this.

Big news for consumers: New York just passed the One Fair Price Act, which bans corporations from using your personal data to charge you more than your neighbor for the exact same item. NY is the latest state to taking action to ban this unfair practice!

Groundwork Collaborative@groundwork.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New York just passed the One Fair Price Act, which bans corporations from using your personal data to charge you more than your neighbor for the same item. 80% of New Yorkers support it. This is what happens when research meets power.

This is what collective union power looks like. Solidarity with our Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org siblings in their fight for a fair contract!

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 2mo ago

This is what democracy in the workplace looks like. Let’s go, union baristas in Lancaster PA! 💪

Over 100k Illinois rideshare drivers just won the right to form a union through the passage of the Rideshare Drivers’ Union Bill. While drivers made rideshare corporations billions, drivers struggled but refused to be ignored. Now they are on a path to build a union. We organize. We fight. We win.

Beef prices are up 20%. Four packers sell 80-85% of all domestic beef. The idea that mergers lower prices? That's baloney, literally, because the pork market is consolidated, too. Lax antitrust enforcement means higher prices for you. Read our friends at @openmarkets.bsky.social in the NYT.

Opinion | This Is Why Your Groceries Are So Expensive

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Same store. Same item. Different price. Companies feed your personal data into algorithms to decide what you'll pay. It's called surveillance pricing and new research from @groundwork.bsky.social shows 76% of Americans want surveillance pricing banned. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Your store might be spying on you. Is it worth it for a discount?

A new poll shows 76% of voters support bans on stores using your personal data to determine what you pay.

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"The Workers Who Defy Gravity" by @bedoyausa.bsky.social is a must-read. Congress won't protect us from AI, but organized labor is fighting back. Actors, health workers, call center employees are winning against corporations trying to replace us with an algorithm.

The Workers Who Defy Gravity

AI companies want to monetize what makes us human. Organized labor may be the only force strong enough to stop them.

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This is what worker power looks like! Today, the MA App Drivers Union became the first statewide union to win recognition & the right to negotiate with Uber & Lyft. The largest private sector workforce to win union recognition since Ford autoworkers in 1941!

AI companies are trying to digitize and monetize what makes us human and replace workers, even in professions that require creativity, trust, and empathy. CWA and other unions are fighting back & winning real protections. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/05/20/a...

The Workers Who Defy Gravity

AI companies want to monetize what makes us human. Organized labor may be the only force strong enough to stop them.

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Working people are told there’s no money for fair wages, yet employers are spending more than $1.5 BILLION a year trying to stop workers from forming unions. No amount of union-busting can stop us from organizing. #UnionsForAll ✊🏿

Welcome to Atlanta where the boss don't pay and workers need security every day! Last week, over 500 Waffle House workers, activists and allies marched through Downtown demand $25 an hour, an end to mandatory meal deductions, and security on the job.

Congrats to CWA members at MissionWired who voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying their first union contract! The contract guarantees annual wage increases, protections against the misuse of AI, remote work arrangements, & more! cwa-union.org/news/mission...

MissionWired Members Ratify First Contract and Win AI Protections

MissionWired is a digital marketing and fundraising agency for non-profit organizations and Democratic campaigns based in Washington, D.C.

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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are organizing, mobilizing and fighting for a fair contract in the face of unprecedented corporate greed. Along with all of America’s unions, they now have the solidarity and strength of 700 union stores standing with them. Change is brewing ✊

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 3mo ago

🚨STARBUCKS WORKERS JUST WON THEIR 700TH UNION ELECTION!! A huge congratulations to baristas around the country who are taking on corporate greed and fighting for a better workplace. We make change when we take action! ✊🔥

jacobin.com/2026/05/surv... As our economy moves towards "a system where paychecks are set to the lowest a worker is willing to accept, and prices to the highest a consumer is willing to pay" @saalevine.bsky.social urges collective resistance of working people.

The Surveillance Economy Is Here. This Is How We Fight Back.

Rejecting surveillance capitalism means insisting, clearly and unapologetically, that markets should serve the people — not the other way around, writes NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protectio...

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DON'T MOURN, ORGANIZE!✊ On May 20, 2026, Meta performed a mass round of layoffs, eliminating approximately 8,000 roles. In response, the elected Executive Board of the Alphabet Workers Union-CWA Local 9009 released the following statement: www.alphabetworkersunion.org/press/alphab...