Today on TAP: University of California managers divide (and—not clear yet if they’ll—conquer), while General Motors and Microsoft indulge a modicum of worker power.
California
Posted inTransportation
Defusing Tensions on Transit
The Kansas City transit system eliminated fares and fare evasion. The ensuing challenge? Homeless ‘loop riders.’
Posted inTAP
What the UC Strikers Need to Do Differently
Today on TAP: Go off-campus, says a veteran strike and bargaining maven, and visit the offices of regents and legislators. And sit down and settle in there.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Building Steam in Lithium Valley
Imperial County, one of the most depressed areas in America, has a clean-energy fortune stored deep in an underground reservoir. Can it be extracted, and will downtrodden residents see the benefits?
Posted inWorking in America
Why I’m on Strike at the University of California
On how to stop a history of recurrent exploitation
Posted inTAP
The Academic Proles on the Barricades
Today on TAP: Some progress in the University of California strike, but nowhere near enough. And by the way, where’s Gavin?
Posted inWorking in America
How Did Those UC Grad Students Become Auto Workers?
The UAW’s campus organizing record is far better than its auto factory record—and it can back up its UC members with a sizable strike fund.
Posted inPolitics
The Craziest House Race of 2022
In Orange County, California, Republican Michelle Steel is painting her opponent as a tool of China with unhinged red-baiting attacks.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
New Solutions Unveiled to Curtail L.A. County’s Black Infant and Maternal Death Rates
Experts hope new universal basic income programs and an innovative maternal center will help protect Black infants and mothers.
