The company refuses to play ball with its Swedish mechanics union. So the labor movement is shutting it down.
Elon Musk
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At Tesla, Swedish Workers Can Do What American Workers Can’t
Today on TAP: In support of striking mechanics, dockworkers there are no longer unloading Teslas. Such solidarity isn’t legal here.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Republican Electric Vehicle Tantrum
Better technology that helps America fight climate change? No thanks, say conservatives.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Bloomberg Treats Telecom Industry-Funded Analysis as News
An op-ed about net neutrality by two Obama veterans, later reported on as news, was based on a white paper funded by two industry lobbying groups.
Posted inWorking in America
The Punditocracy vs. the UAW
Today on TAP: Commentators argue that the union is asking for too much. But a big win may help the UAW organize the non-union competition.
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Can the UAW Strike Help It Expand to Non-Union Plants?
Today on TAP: Probably not directly, but a good contract is a good selling point to workers at those factories.
Posted inTAP
The Case for Radical Public Options
Today on TAP: There are too many realms with public consequences where the private sector is inefficient and rapacious. Some might call the remedy socialism.
Posted inPodcasts
The Art of Loving
Extreme inequality is bad for billionaires and ordinary citizens alike.
Posted inTAP
The Self-Serving Derangement of the Rich
Today on TAP: Why Elon Musk can’t handle the truth
Posted inPodcasts
The Billionaire Cage Match
Who would win in a brawl, Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg?
