Three Democratic commissioners have been fired from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Trump’s team has its eye on dismantling the agency entirely.
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Trump Labor Nominees Indifferent to Worker Rights
Today on TAP: The nominee to run OSHA ran Amazon’s abysmal worker safety program.
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So Much for Consumer Product Safety
Today on TAP: Last week, Trump fired the three Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and is sacking much of the staff.
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A May Day Meditation on the Need for Strikes
Today on TAP: 55,000 L.A. County workers just walked off the job. Striking was their only way to win raises commensurate with the cost of living.
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The Teamsters Make Some Moves on Amazon
Today on TAP: They’re compelling the company to bargain with their warehouse workers and delivery drivers.
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USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional
To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.
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Bezos Attacks Toddler Safety
Today on TAP: Amazon sues to abolish the one federal agency empowered to identify and recall highly flammable little-kid PJs.
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Trump to Pick Union-Busting Attorney for Key Labor Law Position
The National Labor Relations Board general counsel is a key policymaker shaping labor law. Crystal Carey, an attorney at anti-union firm Morgan Lewis, is the apparent choice.
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Amazon Uses Arsenal of AI Weapons Against Workers
A study of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, shows that the company weaponizes its algorithmic surveillance tools to prevent organizing.
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Bezos’s New Editorial Team: All the President’s Men
Today on TAP: The primary goal of the Post’s new editorial policy is to protect the owner’s wealth.
