Workers stage a job action at a major Seattle hospital to win better patient care—and their temp replacements may not even be credentialed.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
D.C.’s Professional Left Flocks to Google Policy Conference
Scores of center-left think tanks, consumer, civil rights, and human rights groups attend a summit at Google headquarters, which critics term ‘soft capture.’
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Attempted Corporate Takeover of .Org
A shady private equity transaction could open up nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations to financial exploitation, and threats to their security and privacy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Money Now Tries to Bury the Truth
One lesson of the Harvey Weinstein case: Limiting nondisclosure agreements and other means of concealment ought to be a priority for reform.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Goldman Sachs’s Shell Game
The mega-bank has created 61 different off-balance-sheet corporations with help from companies based in the Cayman Islands. That looks in no way shady!
Posted inWorking in America
Five Ways to Stop Corporations From Ruining the Future of Work
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.