Today on TAP: Lawyers for Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s Amazon say the Court erred in 1937 by letting workers have rights on the job.
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The Momentum From the UAW’s Victorious Strike Continues
Today on TAP: In Alabama and Tennessee, workers are signing up with the union at VW, Hyundai, and Mercedes.
Posted inPodcasts
The Nordic Labor System
Matt Bruenig explains why it is unwise to mess with Swedish unions.
Posted inWorking in America
Microsoft, Musk, and the Question of Unions
Suddenly, a leading American corporation appears to be OK with the idea of collective bargaining. Hint: It’s not Tesla.
Posted inWorking in America
The Big Barrier to the UAW’s Non-Union Auto Plant Drive
It’s U.S. labor law, which allows companies to union-bust and endlessly delay consequences. Case in point: a Tesla worker illegally fired six years ago and still not back on the job.
Posted inTransportation
The Cybertruck Is the Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Elon Musk enters his Caligula era.
Posted inWorking in America
Tesla Faces Off Against Nordic Labor Solidarity
The company refuses to play ball with its Swedish mechanics union. So the labor movement is shutting it down.
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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.