The corporate giant has gone to great lengths to stop workers in Bessemer, Alabama, from unionizing.
Amazon
Posted inTAP
Spy on One, Spy on All! A Suggestion for Amazon.
Today on TAP: Amazon’s surveillance of its workers
Posted inWorking in America
Amazon Warehouse Workers in Alabama: ‘They Work You to Death’
Employees in Bessemer, Alabama, are seeking union representation, which would make them the first unionized Amazon warehouse workers in the nation.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Will the New U.S. Trade Rep Be Hobbled by Lobbyists?
Despite the appointment of a progressive, Katherine Tai, to the top slot, Big Tech hopes to insert allies as her deputies.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Will Big Tech Take Over Trade Policy?
Katherine Tai is the leading candidate to head USTR. Will she be undermined by the appointment of industry lobbyists to key jobs just below her?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Social Distancing
The wealthy have pulled out of the orbit of the rest of the country. Can they be leashed back?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Bright Spot Amid Biden’s Middle-of-the-Road Approach
On antitrust and Big Tech, advocates changed the conversation. That has invalidated the same old corporate-friendly personnel.
Posted inTAP
The Long-Running Search for Amazon’s Conscience
Today on TAP: Amazon workers deserve a union
Posted inEconomic Policy
The End of Retail
What Amazon, private equity, and real estate conglomerates are doing to the retail industry today is a rerun of what discounters like Walmart did in the 1970s.
