American workers are producing more than ever while their wages have stagnated for decades. Union membership has fallen from over 30% in the 1950s to under 11% today — not because workers don't want unions, but because corporations have spent billions on anti-union campaigns, lobbied for hostile labor laws, and exploited the gig economy to classify workers as independent contractors.
Gen Us covers workers' rights because labor conditions are a direct reflection of the power balance between workers and corporations — a balance that has shifted dramatically toward employers over the past 40 years with minimal media attention.
We trace anti-union spending by major employers, document wage theft (the largest form of theft in America), analyze gig economy classification schemes, and track how labor coverage in mainstream media is shaped by corporate ownership.
The reporting trail
New evidence joins the permanent record here, so each investigation remains connected to the larger system.
Al Jazeera and Middle East Eye reported that Houthi authorities accused Saudi Arabia of striking a prison in al-Hazm on September 7, 2026, with Houthi sources reporting seven deaths. The supplied record includes reported damage and an accusation, but does not independently establish the attacker, casualty count, or identities of the dead.
An Israeli strike killed 3-year-old Tayyem Hamdan while a cabinet minister advertised the deprivation of Palestinian prisoners. Yet the political outrage machine centered a clipped Hasan Piker sentence, recast his warning about antisemitism as a threat, and made Abdul El-Sayed answer for it.
A South China Morning Post report dated August 19, 2026, says a former Tin Shui Wai branch manager, his wife and six other defendants face charges over alleged false attendance and employment records. The report links the alleged conduct to about HK$680,000 in wages and about HK$740,000 in wages and MPF contributions, but does not establish the precise control failure or broader corporate involvement.
Despite millions in corporate spending intended to bury his populist platform, Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan primary by focusing on labor demands rather than the identity politics favored by pundits.
An internal audit of BBC News headlines reveals a systemic double standard in how the broadcaster attributes military violence to Western allies versus geopolitical adversaries. By utilizing passive voice and doubt-casting language, the BBC effectively sanitizes the impact of regional strikes while maintaining a thin veneer of impartiality.
Major networks are framing strikes as 'spontaneous' while omitting a documented ceasefire, shielding the State Department from failed diplomacy.
Sky News and the BBC have adopted a pattern of passive voice and agent-less reporting regarding the August 2026 military strikes in Lebanon. This linguistic distancing contrasts sharply with the active-voice framing used for similar events in Ukraine, masking the perpetrators of actions that have killed hundreds.
New data reveals Sky News masks military actions when they involve defense contractors that share the same parent company.
A June 2026 study reveals the BBC's systemic use of agentless grammar to obscure military responsibility in Middle East strikes. While Russian actions in Ukraine are reported with direct attribution, deaths in Lebanon are framed as ownerless events to protect strategic interests.