Care for children, the elderly and disabled is among the lowest-paying industries. Poo thinks federal investment could become reality.
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A Gaming Company’s Workers Unionized. But the Union Busting Didn’t End There.
TCGplayer, a subsidiary of eBay, has stalled negotiations on a first contract, despite the union winning an election in March.
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Federal Agencies Can Disable Employer Debt TRAPs
Advocacy groups offer a road map for how agencies can use existing authority to ban contracts that force workers to pay employers if they leave their job.
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The Big Barrier to the UAW’s Non-Union Auto Plant Drive
It’s U.S. labor law, which allows companies to union-bust and endlessly delay consequences. Case in point: a Tesla worker illegally fired six years ago and still not back on the job.
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Hard Times in the Back Yard
Bailed-out major airlines have outsourced ground work to subcontractors. Injuries and fatalities on the tarmac are taking off.
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Tesla Faces Off Against Nordic Labor Solidarity
The company refuses to play ball with its Swedish mechanics union. So the labor movement is shutting it down.
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Nefarious Corporate Overlord Accidentally Kick-Starts Media Company
Gamurs Group fired the editor in chief of The Escapist. Most of the publication joined him to start something new, a worker cooperative called Second Wind.
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Business Groups’ Reflexive Anti-Worker Demagogy
In New York, the business lobby resorts to apocalyptic ads to stop a ban on noncompete provisions.
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Can Biden’s Executive Order Deliver for Care Workers?
Absent the Build Back Better bill, the fight for care workers continues at the state level, and with Biden’s executive order.
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Julie Su Wants ‘Basic Dignity and Respect’ for Retirement Savers
A decade-long odyssey to make investment advisers act in the best interest of their clients culminates in a new proposed rule from the Department of Labor.
