Employees at the company’s Queens warehouse actually work for a third-party subcontractor. This fissured workplace is an obstacle to collective-bargaining rights.
Luke Goldstein
Luke Goldstein is a writing fellow at The American Prospect. He previously worked as a reporter/research associate at the Open Markets Institute and interned at Washington Monthly.
Posted inEconomic Policy
New Merger Guidelines Quietly Reshape the Business Landscape
It just got much harder for companies to buy up their competitors.
Posted inTransportation
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Posted inAmerica and the World
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Posted inPolitics
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Posted inLaw and Justice
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Democrats Ask Biden Financial Regulator to Reverse Industry-Friendly Derivatives Policy
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Star Witness Against Google: Google’s AI Chatbot
Bard is remarkably candid about the company’s intentions to leverage Big Data into AI to make its rivals, and the rest of the web, irrelevant.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Clean Virginia and its opposition to the state’s monopoly utility was a hidden driver of election results.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Dueling Petitions Highlight DOJ–Big Tech Revolving Door
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