Colleen Boyle is a union researcher and organizer.
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Labor
In a Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Taken From the Working Class
The wealth workers should have received, had wages kept up with productivity, was instead given to shareholders.
Colleen Boyle and Eric Dirnbach
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For the $10 Billion It Gave Shareholders, John Deere Could Have Given Each Worker $142,000
Workers made a fortune for shareholders over the last six-year contract. They should demand that they get paid their true worth before shareholders get a penny.
Colleen Boyle
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Feature
Banks Have Made $18 Billion From "Paycheck Protection Program" Processing Fees Alone
Fees paid to banks eclipse funding allocated to develop vaccines, provide medical supplies and feed children.
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Feature
Instead of Enriching Shareholders, These Companies Could Give 8 Million Workers a $46,000 Raise
How public companies like Nike and Apple are shifting money away from workers to the already very wealthy.
Colleen Boyle