The NLRB can—as originally intended—quickly facilitate worker organization. But workers need to act fast before the Supreme Court cancels their efforts.
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Posted inTAP
The Path to Unionization of Starbucks
Today on TAP: Why this image-conscious company is more vulnerable than your typical fast-food joint
Posted inTAP
Our Most Successful Economic Justice Movement
Today on TAP: The Fight for $15 continues
Posted inWorking in America
The Fight for $15 Confronts the ‘Labor Shortage’ Narrative
Strikers are walking off the job today, seeking dignity at work at a time when business owners want a reserve army to accept low pay and bad conditions.
Posted inWorking in America
Is Unemployment Insurance Behind the Fast-Food Labor Shortage?
In reality, it’s the low pay and abysmal working conditions.
Posted inWorking in America
Firing Workers on the Boss’s Whim? New York Puts a Stop to That.
American workers have no recourse if they’re fired for no reason. NYC’s new ‘just cause’ law for fast-food workers might begin to end this absurdity.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Junk Food President Aims to Ruin American Nutrition
Will the Trump administration trash the nation’s dietary guidelines next year?
Posted inWorking in America
The Fight for 15’s Long, Winding, and Brandeisian Road
The progression of the Fight for 15 from a left-wing community organization and a left-wing union to left-wing cities to left-wing states to the Democratic mainstream is representative of the broader transformation of the Democratic Party in recent years.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fighting for $15—and a Union
The Fight for $15 has compelled states, cities, and businesses to set a $15 minimum wage. But its workers also want—and have yet to win—a union.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fast-Food Blues: Workers Protest Low Wages, Sexual Harassment as McDonald’s Profits Soar
At annual shareholders’ meeting, the fast-food chain’s tone-deaf executives fail to confront critical issues facing the company’s workers.