The state spends $1.6 billion a year subsidizing oil and gas. Lawmakers are trying to eliminate about one-fifth of that spending.
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Posted inBooks
Built to Lie
A new book about the Boeing 737 MAX disaster exposes the company’s allergy to the truth.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Flying to the Unemployment Lines
Plus, the genuinely difficult debate over schools. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for September 29, 2020.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Airline Bailout Is the CARES Act’s Biggest Debacle
Forget the PPP outrage. We’re paying the airlines billions to actively spread coronavirus.
Posted inTAP
Taking Public Money and Screwing Workers: The Airlines
Today on TAP: United and others must comply with bailout terms
Posted inWorking in America
How One Local Union Is Doubling Wages for America’s Airport Workers
In a time of labor stagnation, a union has committed massive resources to workplace and political organizing—and has bettered the lives of tens of thousands of low-wage workers.
Posted inCoronavirus
Union Wins $3 Billion to Protect Airport Workers
SEIU persuades Congress to dedicate funds in the stimulus legislation to keeping 100,000 airport workers solvent.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Avoid Taxes, Receive Federal Bailouts
It’s the common thread among a host of companies lining up to feed on a rescue package.
Posted inEconomic Policy
It’s Time to Nationalize the Airlines
America’s most consumer-abusing and environment-degrading industry wants us to bail it out. Instead, we should take it over.
Posted inWorking in America
The Coronavirus Is Jump-Starting Union Organizing at Delta
Organizers started a union drive for flight attendants at Delta last November. Uncertainty about the pandemic is stoking a desire among workers for labor protections.