The Guild’s agreement attempts to restore the elements of the traditional system that made entertainment writing sustainable. It mostly succeeds, with one caveat.
gig economy
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Catch Us if You Can
The mysterious firing of Amazon’s most ruthless union-buster from his new job underscores the monopoly’s insidious stranglehold over shopping.
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Half a Million California Workers Get a Raise—and a Seat at the Table
Fast-food workers compel McDonald’s and Starbucks to abandon a ballot measure that would have squelched both.
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Democratic National Convention Chair’s Firm Helps Companies Block Labor Laws
Dewey Square Group, where Minyon Moore leads State and Local Affairs, was paid millions of dollars last year by a Lyft-funded industry group fighting state labor protections.
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Our Glacially Improving Economic Prospects
Today on TAP: Even if we can avert ill-advised budget concessions as part of a debt ceiling deal, it will take more radical policies to improve the life prospects of workaday Americans.
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Writers Face a New Deadline: Their Industry’s Survival
This time, Hollywood’s striking writers think they may just win. Will cross-union solidarity be enough?
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America’s Workplace Safety Crisis
Conditions have improved from the days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. But not by nearly enough.
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Held Down by Our Bootstraps
Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.
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One More Pro-Worker Move From Biden
Today on TAP: The Labor Department says if you make your living driving for Uber, Lyft, or FedEx, you’re an employee, not an ‘independent contractor.’
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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.