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July 26, 2022

What’s the Deal With Airline Prices?

Consumer complaints against airlines are up 300% above pre-pandemic levels. Delays and cancellations are already higher than all but one year in the past decade. In June 2022, flight prices were up 33% since before the pandemic while capacity was still down 6%.

July 21, 2022

Worker pay falls while CEO pay soars

The latest annual AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch Report makes it clear that not everyone is feeling the sting of higher prices: while workers experienced a pay cut, U.S. companies enjoyed record profits and windfall payouts for corporate CEOs.

July 19, 2022

Big Pharma’s Greed is Still Unchecked

A new report from Accountable.US finds that, while Americans are spending more on prescription drugs than anyone else in the world, Big Pharma has raked in over $292.6 million for their corporate executives.

July 14, 2022

Record Inflation Continues In New CPI Report

Yesterday, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed that inflation hit a 40 year high — again — with prices rising 9.1% year-over-year. This report helps us understand the economic pain families feel, but it doesn’t tell the full story.

July 12, 2022

Join Us As We Call Out Big Oil & Megacorporations This Week!

This week, Unrig Our Economy is hosting two anti-price gouging actions calling out Big Oil and the other megacorporations who are jacking up prices under the guise of inflation at the expense of workers and families.

July 7, 2022

Private Equity and Public Inequity

A recent report from Accountable.US shows that private equity firms spent over $12 million against affordable housing reforms and have bought over 200,000 single-family homes since the 2008 financial crisis, including a record 18.4% of homes in Q4 2021. While the companies profit off of rising home values, tenants are stuck paying the price.

June 30, 2022

Price Gouged Into Poverty

As higher prices continue to devastate consumers, a new report finds that nearly three in five Americans (58%) are living paycheck to paycheck. That number is up from 54% last May, demonstrating just how catastrophic the effects of inflation have been, on top of a deadly pandemic.

June 28, 2022

The Corporate War on Bodily Autonomy

By striking down Roe, the Supreme Court is betraying the overwhelming majority who support access to abortion. But this decision didn’t happen by accident: it’s the result of decades of aggressive corporate lobbying.

June 23, 2022

People Are Feeling the Pain of Inflation

Despite a recent, modest drop in gas prices, after months of rising prices giving families the squeeze, people are increasingly pessimistic about the economy. New polling from Navigator Research finds that nearly four in five Americans (79%) view the economy negatively, with overwhelming majorities saying that the prices of gas and groceries are increasing.

June 16, 2022

Rising Rental Fees Are Bringing the House Down

While rising gas prices have dominated headlines, shelter costs are also reaching record highs — May’s 0.6% rise in prices was the fastest one-month gain in 18 years, while the 5.5% annual gain was a 30 year high.

June 14, 2022

Inflation at a 40-year high as corporate profits soar

Last week’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report confirmed what people across the country are already feeling: inflation is at a 40-year high. Skyrocketing prices, driven by greedy corporations hiking prices on essential goods, are squeezing families on everything from gas to housing to groceries.

June 7, 2022

Join the National Corporate Greed Day of Action on June 10

The National Corporate Greed Day of Action coincides with the release of the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which will likely show what workers and families have already known to be true — prices are too high and large corporations are exacerbating the problem.

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