Labor Suppression
The Labor Suppression capture lane traces 335 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1619–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | Nearly 100 Solidarity Schools Organizing Nationwide for May Day General Strike
3 src May Day Strong Coalition · Chicago Teachers Union · NEA · NNU · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Postmaster General Warns Congress USPS Could Run Out of Cash by October 2026
4 src Postmaster General David Steiner · House Oversight Committee · U.S. Postal Service | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | Judge Orders VA to Reinstate Union Collective Bargaining Agreement for 300,000 Employees
4 src Judge Melissa DuBose · VA Secretary Doug Collins · AFGE | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | USPS Postmaster DeJoy Signs DOGE Deal to Cut 10,000 Postal Workers
3 src Louis DeJoy · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · U.S. Postal Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Labor Unions and Activist Groups Escalate May Day 2026 General Strike Organizing Nationwide
4 src AFL-CIO · Socialist Alternative · Indivisible · Labor Notes · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | OPM Proposes Rule Making Performance Primary Factor in Federal Layoffs, Replacing Seniority
4 src OPM · AFGE · Rep. James Walkinshaw | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | One Year After DOGE Cuts, 322,000 Federal Workers Displaced in Largest Peacetime Workforce Reduction
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | Minnesota General Strike Becomes Largest in State's History, Spreads to 300 Cities Nationwide
4 src Minnesota AFL-CIO · Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 · SEIU Local 26 · UNITE HERE Local 17 · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-05 | Israeli Security Cabinet Approves 'Operation Iron Strike' Against Iran
2 src Benjamin Netanyahu · Israeli Security Cabinet · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-30 | US Military Strikes Three-Vessel Convoy in Pacific, 11 Killed as Survivors Left in Deadly Seas
3 src US Military · US Coast Guard · SOUTHCOM | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-24 | CIA Conducts First Land Strike in Venezuela, Destroying Drug Boat Loading Facility
2 src Central Intelligence Agency · Venezuela | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-20 | Marjorie Taylor Greene Explores Motion to Vacate Johnson Over ACA Dispute and Leadership Failures
6 src Marjorie Taylor Greene · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · Hakeem Jeffries · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-12-17 | ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership
7 src Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Rob Bresnahan · Ryan Mackenzie · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-12-17 | Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth
3 src Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-15 | Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195
2 src Don Bacon · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-15 | Pentagon Reports 82 Killed in 21 Strikes During Operation Southern Spear
2 src Pentagon · Human Rights Watch | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-08 | State Department Revokes Record 85,000 Visas Including 8,000 Student Visas Since January, More Than Double 2024 Rate
3 src State Department · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence
6 src Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | Trump Administration Releases National Security Strategy Denouncing Democratic Allies, Embracing Authoritarian Partnerships
6 src Donald Trump · National Security Council · Antonio Costa · Carl Bildt · +8 | reported | |
| 2025-12-03 | State Department Orders H-1B Visa Denials for Content Moderation and Fact-Checking Workers
4 src State Department · Marco Rubio · Tech companies · H-1B visa applicants · +5 | reported | |
| 2025-12-03 | Veterans Affairs Creates Database of Non-Citizen Employees for Deportation Targeting
4 src Doug Collins · Veterans Affairs · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-12-01 | SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Holsey Offers Resignation Over Boat Strike Legality Concerns
2 src Alvin Holsey · Pete Hegseth · Adam Smith · SOUTHCOM | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-06 | FAA Announces 10% Air Traffic Reduction at 40 Airports Due to Shutdown
2 src Sean Duffy · Federal Aviation Administration · Air Traffic Controllers · Department of Transportation | reported | |
| 2025-11-05 | FAA Reduces Air Traffic by 10% at Major Airports as Unpaid Controllers Face Staffing Crisis During 40-Day Shutdown
3 src Federal Aviation Administration · Bryan Bedford · Sean Duffy | reported | |
| 2025-11-05 | Government Shutdown Becomes Longest in U.S. History at Day 36
3 src Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · Senate Republicans · Congressional Democrats | reported | |
| 2025-11-03 | Trump Administration Announces 2027 Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Nearly 5 Million
2 src CMS · Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | reported | |
| 2025-10-16 | Ring partners with Flock Safety and Axon, reversing privacy commitments and expanding police surveillance
3 src Ring · Amazon · Flock Safety · Axon · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | Trump Administration Fires Federal Employees During Government Shutdown, Courts Order Reinstatement as Unions Win Injunctions
4 src AFGE · AFSCME · Donald Trump · Judge Susan Illston · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-10 | Labor Department Inspector General Opens Investigation Into Jobs Data Manipulation
3 src Labor Department Inspector General · Erika McEntarfer · Donald Trump · Bureau of Labor Statistics | reported | |
| 2025-09-05 | FTC Reverses Nationwide Noncompete Ban, Leaving 30 Million Workers Bound by Restrictive Contracts
2 src Andrew Ferguson · Federal Trade Commission · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-04 | Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Unfavorable Jobs Report
2 src Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · EJ Antoni · Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | US Military Conducts "Double Tap" Strike on Caribbean Vessel, Killing 11 Including Shipwrecked Survivors
4 src Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Senator Angus King · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-15 | Tech Workers Launch Coordinated Campaign Against Unregulated AI Development
3 src Tech Workers Coalition · AI Ethics Researchers · xAI Employees · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-11 | Trump Nominates Partisan Heritage Foundation Economist to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
3 src E.J. Antoni · Donald Trump · Bureau of Labor Statistics · Heritage Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Hours After Unfavorable Jobs Report
3 src Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. Department of Labor | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-22 | US Launches 'Operation Midnight Hammer' Strikes on Iran's Fordow and Natanz Nuclear Facilities
3 src Donald Trump · US Air Force · US Navy · Rafael Grossi | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-13 | Israel's 'Operation Red Wedding' Kills 30 Iranian Generals in Coordinated Decapitation Strike
2 src Israeli Defense Forces · Mossad · Benjamin Netanyahu · Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-05 | Nationwide Legal Defense Network Expands Operational Capacity
3 src National Legal Defense Consortium · State-Level Legal Aid Organizations · Civil Rights Attorneys · AFL-CIO · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-03 | DOGE Demands $4 Million from OPM for Workforce Reduction Planning
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-10 | FTC Blocks Kroger-Albertsons $24.6B Grocery Merger, Citing Labor and Consumer Harm
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Kroger Company · Albertsons Companies · Judge Nelson | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-13 | NLRB Rules Captive Audience Meetings Are Illegal Employer Coercion (Likely Reversed 2025)
2 src National Labor Relations Board · Biden Administration · Workers · Union organizers | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-20 | Eight Washington State Poultry Workers Infected with H5N1 During Depopulation Operations
3 src Washington State Department of Health · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Benton-Franklin Health District · USDA | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-05 | Tenet Media Shuts Down, YouTube Terminates Channels, Blaze Media Fires Lauren Chen After DOJ Indictment Exposure
4 src Tenet Media · Tayler Hansen · Lauren Chen · Tim Pool · +9 | confirmed | |
| 2024-04-24 | Anduril Wins Air Force Contract for Autonomous Fighter Jet Program
2 src Anduril Industries · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-04-24 | Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC to Block Non-Compete Ban, Challenging Agency Authority
3 src U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Business Roundtable | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-25 | H5N1 Bird Flu First Detected in U.S. Dairy Cattle in Texas
3 src USDA · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration · Texas Department of Agriculture | confirmed | |
| 2024-02-12 | Biden Approves $136 Billion in Targeted Student Debt Relief - 3.7 Million Borrowers Through Alternative Programs
3 src Joe Biden · Miguel Cardona | confirmed | |
| 2023-12-18 | FTC and DOJ Release 2023 Merger Guidelines Rejecting Consumer Welfare Standard
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice · Lina Khan · Jonathan Kanter | confirmed | |
| 2023-12-07 | Washington Post Workers Strike Against Bezos—First Walkout in Nearly 50 Years Over Job Cuts and Stalled Negotiations
3 src Washington Post Guild · Jeff Bezos · Patty Stonesifer · Washington Post | confirmed | |
| 2023-11-08 | Tenet Media Officially Launches Conservative Content Network with Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and Others
2 src Tenet Media · Lauren Chen · Liam Donovan · Tim Pool · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2023-07-01 | Amazon Refuses to Bargain with JFK8 Union, Pioneering Refuse-to-Bargain Union-Busting Tactic
3 src Amazon · Amazon Labor Union · National Labor Relations Board · Chris Smalls | confirmed | |
| 2023-05-10 | Senate Hearing Exposes PBM Insulin Profiteering: 75% of Sales Go to Rebates and Fees
3 src Bernie Sanders · Senate HELP Committee · Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen · Paul Hudson · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2023-04-26 | Ukraine Launches Brave1 State-Backed Defense and Surveillance Technology Platform
3 src Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation · Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Brave1 Cluster | confirmed | |
| 2023-04-12 | Yemeni Civilians File Lawsuit Against Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics for Enabling War Crimes
2 src Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · General Dynamics · Yemeni civilians · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-01 | Cancer Drug Shortage Crisis Enables Gray Market Profiteering - Carboplatin Price Jumps from $50 to $500 Per Vial
4 src Big Pharma · Teva Pharmaceuticals · Food and Drug Administration · Gray Market Vendors · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-01 | CNP Members Lead Project 2025 Coalition Organizations - Coordination Infrastructure for Trump Return
2 src Council for National Policy · Heritage Foundation · Edwin Meese III · William L. Walton · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-08-24 | Biden Announces $10K-$20K Student Loan Forgiveness Plan - 43 Million Borrowers Eligible
3 src Joe Biden · Miguel Cardona | confirmed | |
| 2022-03-03 | Russian State Media Outlet RT America Ceases Operations and Lays Off All Staff After Major Distributors Drop Channel
4 src RT America · RT (Russia Today) · DirecTV · Roku · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-03-01 | Clearview AI Deploys Mass Facial Recognition Technology in Ukraine War
3 src Clearview AI · Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Hoan Ton-That | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-21 | Raytheon-Manufactured Bomb Kills 80 at Yemen Detention Center in Worst Attack in Three Years
3 src Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Amnesty International · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-19 | Conservative Influencer Lauren Chen and Husband Liam Donovan Incorporate Tenet Media in Tennessee
2 src Lauren Chen · Liam Donovan · Tenet Media | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-01 | Starbucks Executes Systematic Union-Busting Campaign with Record NLRB Violations
3 src Starbucks · Howard Schultz · Starbucks Workers United · National Labor Relations Board · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-07-27 | Daniel Hale Sentenced to 45 Months for Exposing Drone War Crimes
3 src Daniel Hale · National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-02-09 | Second Impeachment Trial Begins with Constitutional Debate on Trying Former President
4 src Donald Trump · Patrick Leahy · Bruce Castor · David Schoen · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-31 | Wells Fargo Scandal Scorecard: 5,300 Workers Fired, Zero Execs Prosecuted
3 src Wells Fargo · John Stumpf · Carrie Tolstedt · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-15 | Wells Fargo Fires 125 Employees for COVID Relief Fraud, Culture Unchanged
3 src Wells Fargo | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-27 | New York Times Obtains Trump Tax Returns, Reveals $750 in Federal Taxes Paid
4 src Donald Trump · New York Times · Ivanka Trump · Trump Organization | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-20 | Whole Foods Heat Map Tracks Stores at Risk of Unionization Using Diversity and Demographics
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Whole Foods | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-30 | Amazon Fires Christian Smalls for Organizing COVID Safety Protest
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Christian Smalls · David Zapolsky | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-01 | Wage Theft Steals More from Workers Than All Other Property Crime Combined
3 src Corporate employers · Low-wage workers · U.S. Department of Labor · State labor agencies | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-02 | Amazon Warehouse Worker Billy Foister Dies on Warehouse Floor After Heart Attack
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Billy Foister | confirmed | |
| 2019-08-28 | Ring announces partnerships with 400+ police departments, building massive surveillance network
3 src Ring · Amazon | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-02 | Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 But Eliminates Bonuses and Stock Options
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon | confirmed | |
| 2018-09-26 | Amazon's Anti-Union Training Video Leaked - Exposes Systematic Union Suppression Program
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Whole Foods | confirmed | |
| 2018-09-05 | Bernie Sanders Introduces "Stop BEZOS Act" Targeting Amazon Wages
3 src Bernie Sanders · Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Ro Khanna | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-12 | Tech Workers Coalition: Establishing Digital Resistance Infrastructure
3 src Tech Workers Coalition · Silicon Valley Employees · Digital Rights Advocates · Rachel Melendes · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-27 | Janus v. AFSCME - Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Sector Union Fees, Targeting Teachers' Unions
6 src Justice Samuel Alito · Justice Neil Gorsuch · National Right to Work Foundation · State Policy Network · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-21 | Epic Systems v. Lewis: Supreme Court Allows Mandatory Arbitration Blocking Class Action Labor Claims
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Federalist Society · Corporate employers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-15 | Toys 'R' Us Liquidation: PE Firms Extract $470 Million, 33,000 Workers Get Nothing
3 src Bain Capital · KKR · Vornado Realty Trust · 33,000 Toys R Us workers | confirmed | |
| 2017-10-30 | Mueller Indicts Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on 12 Counts Including Conspiracy Against the United States
3 src Paul Manafort · Rick Gates · Robert Mueller | confirmed | |
| 2017-09-07 | Amazon Launches HQ2 Bidding War—238 Cities Compete to Offer Billions in Subsidies
4 src Amazon · Jeff Bezos | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-06 | Trump Orders Syria Missile Strike from Mar-a-Lago During State Dinner with Xi Jinping - Military Action as Mar-a-Lago Spectacle
3 src Donald Trump · Xi Jinping · Bashar al-Assad · Rex Tillerson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-13 | McKinsey-Designed Fiscal Plan Mandates Devastating Austerity: Pension Cuts, School Closures, Healthcare Privatization, Furloughs
5 src McKinsey & Company · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico Government · Rafael Torregrosa | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-22 | Washington Post Launches "Democracy Dies in Darkness" Slogan Under Bezos Ownership
3 src Jeff Bezos · Washington Post · Bob Woodward | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-14 | 28 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-09 | Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State in First Week of Session Using ALEC Model
3 src Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · Kentucky House Committee | confirmed | |
| 2016-12-08 | Former Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh Joins Northrop Grumman Board After B-21 Bomber Contract Award
3 src Mark Welsh · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Wes Bush · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-08 | Saudi Coalition Uses US-Made Bombs to Kill 155 at Yemen Funeral Hall in Sanaa
4 src Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-01 | Council of Economic Advisers: Market Power Suppresses Wages, Contributes to $1+ Trillion in Lost Worker Income
3 src Council of Economic Advisers · Workers · Dominant firms | confirmed | |
| 2016-09-10 | Raytheon-Manufactured Bomb Kills 31 Civilians at Yemen Water Drilling Site in Apparent War Crime
4 src Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Human Rights Watch | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-15 | Raytheon Paveway Bomb Strikes MSF Hospital in Yemen, Killing 11 Including Healthcare Workers
4 src Raytheon · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · Doctors Without Borders · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-06-15 | Guccifer 2.0 (Russian GRU) Begins Leaking Stolen DNC Emails Hours After Hack Exposure
4 src Russian GRU · Guccifer 2.0 · Democratic National Committee · WikiLeaks · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-12 | West Virginia Becomes 26th Right-to-Work State, Overriding Governor Veto with ALEC Model
3 src West Virginia Legislature · Earl Ray Tomblin · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Network · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | ALEC Develops Comprehensive Government Union Reform Act as All-in-One Union Elimination Playbook
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Bob Onder · Missouri GOP · corporate ALEC members | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-03 | U.S. Airstrike Destroys Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Kunduz, Kills 42
4 src Barack Obama · Doctors Without Borders · U.S. Air Force · Afghanistan | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-21 | Martin Shkreli Raises Daraprim Price by 5,000%, From $13.50 to $750 Per Pill
3 src Martin Shkreli · Turing Pharmaceuticals | confirmed | |
| 2015-07-11 | Russian Agent Maria Butina Questions Trump About Sanctions at FreedomFest, Trump Promises to "Get Along" with Putin
4 src Maria Butina · Donald Trump · Alexander Torshin · Vladimir Putin | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-06 | Oklahoma Governor Signs HB 1749 Banning State Payroll Deductions for Teachers Union Dues Despite Technical Flaws
3 src Governor Mary Fallin · Oklahoma Legislature · Oklahoma Education Association · American Federation of Teachers Oklahoma · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-04-26 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Defrauding 72,000 Students - Executives Shield Assets
3 src Corinthian Colleges · Jack Massimino | confirmed |