Workers must be given a stronger voice so technological change benefits everyone, not just managers and executives.
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Workers Have Rights? Uber and the Chamber Go to Court to Stop Such Nonsense.
Today on TAP: In California, big business tries to overturn pro-worker legislation
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Emergency Room Hustle
Private equity firms and other investors have turned freestanding emergency departments into cash machines, at the expense of patients.
Posted inWorking in America
When Exploiting Companies Blame the Law for Exploiting Their Workers
Vox cites a new California law against misclassifying workers as its smoke screen—excuse us, reason—for mass layoffs.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Utah Statement: A Bulwark Against Private Power
Legal scholars have penned a statement of beliefs about how to best disrupt corporate concentration.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Pharma-Funded ‘Dark Money’ Group Hosts House Staffers for California Junket
The staffers, several of whom work for reps on the subcommittee overseeing pharmaceuticals, met with executives from drug companies Merck and Genentech.
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McKinsey’s Complicity in Immigration Cruelty
Today on TAP: The consulting firm suggests cutting food and medical care for immigrants in detention
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ridiculous D.C. Invite of the Week: Wells Fargo Sponsors an Affordable-Housing Panel
Axios’s lead sponsor-enabler Mike Allen leads a ‘hometown’ discussion presented by the giant recidivist bank.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Battle in Seattle
A look back at the origins of the 21st-century left