Ben Popken

Ben Popken @bpopken

America isn’t a literal “company town” but years of mergers and sleepy antitrust have lead handful of companies to dominate industry after industry, further tipping scales in employers’ favor. The new energy for unions is a reformation effort. — PolitiTweet.org

Ben Popken @bpopken

"It’s a generational issue. For these workers, they’re poor people. They work at Starbucks. They have second jobs or are in school with debt. Almost none of them have any hope for owning a home," said Richard Bensinger, an experienced organizer who worked with the baristas. — PolitiTweet.org