With the clean-energy transition accelerating, firefighters want better information about EV safety risks and hazards.
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Splitting the Strikers at UC
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.
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Union Leader: Stellantis Will Send Electric-Vehicle Jobs to Mexico
1,350 union workers are losing their jobs at an Illinois plant, an early signal about the staying power of green manufacturing jobs in the United States.
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Finally, the End of the Car Dealership?
Tesla has tried to cut out the middleman, and other automakers are following suit.
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Facing Child Labor Scandal, Hyundai Asks Biden for Subsidies
The United Auto Workers say dropping two implicated suppliers won’t solve problems with temp staffing agencies and exploitative contractors.
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Industrial Policy Without Industrial Unions
Democrats’ new industrial manufacturing plan leaves unions behind, fumbling a moment of relative leverage for organized labor.
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How to Pay Under the Minimum Wage in California
If you’re Uber and Lyft, you buy a labor law through the ballot initiative system that legalizes the payment of poverty wages.
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Climate Costs Are Not ‘Inflation’
Today on TAP: Climate disruption will raise prices to consumers. The Fed, seconded by orthodox economists, misunderstands what’s happening—needlessly adding to economic pain.
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Layoffs May Be White-Collar Now, but Here Come the Blues
Today on TAP: Ford signals a near-term downturn, and a long-term deeper problem.
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The Long Road to Mass EV Adoption
A new tax credit of $4,000 for used electric vehicles could give people a boost toward buying a zero-emissions car. But there are still a lot of hurdles.