TCGplayer, a subsidiary of eBay, has stalled negotiations on a first contract, despite the union winning an election in March.
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Posted inWorking in America
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.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Actually, Opioid Victims Love the Sackler Immunity Shields
And other fake news from the Supreme Court’s Purdue Pharma hearing
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Monopolies and Maps Are Killing ‘Internet for All’
The $65 million moon shot to bring every American affordable broadband is failing low-income communities of color.
Posted inPolitics
Sen. Chris Murphy: ‘This Party Has Not Made a Firm Break From Neoliberalism’
Connecticut’s junior senator launches a new interview series focused on monopoly power, part of his quest to understand American unhappiness.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Euthanize This (Merger)
The merger of Cigna and Humana, America’s fifth- and sixth-largest for-profit health insurers, would create a monster middleman to ‘compete’ with the undisputed giant, UnitedHealth.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Chance to Speak
Katie Anderson’s story shows the difficulty of finding some measure of accountability after being sexually assaulted.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Curious Partner in Big Banks’ Drive to Weaken Capital Rules
Why are civil rights groups and Black mayors concerned with the profits of giant financial institutions?
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Secret Trial
Google tried to withhold practically every critical detail from the public in its monopolization case. A band of advocates and journalists fought back.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Amazon Loophole Is Driving the Fentanyl Crisis
A rule allowing ‘de minimis’ items to be shipped from overseas without fees or inspections has facilitated the illegal drug trade.
