When Biden’s NLRB began to restore workers’ rights, the world’s richest men moved to shut down the NLRB altogether.
Working in America
Posted inWorking in America
Vulnerable Federal Contractors Protest Terminations at USAID
The federal government relies on millions of contract workers who have minimal job protections.
Posted inWorking in America
The ‘Pro-Worker’ Portable Benefits Scam
Big Tech app companies want to evade employment law, and they’re hoping Republicans will help.
Posted inTransportation
Donald Trump’s Second Term Begins With a Crash
If the president wanted to cause airline disasters, it’s hard to imagine what he would have done differently.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Chips on the Table
The Biden administration wanted to restore the domestic semiconductor industry. The results have disappointed.
Posted inWorking in America
Probationary Federal Employees Targeted for Mass Purge
As many as 200,000 federal employees with weaker civil service protections could be let go. But they are supposed to only be fired for poor performance.
Posted inPolitics
Elon Musk Offers Federal Workers an Unauthorized Buyout
The alleged eight-month ‘deferred resignation’ contradicts federal rules.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Lawbreaking Also Aimed at Workers
Today on TAP: Neutering the NLRB and targeting janitors, even as his billionaire backers stomp on workers’ rights
Posted inTransportation
The ‘DEI Theory’ of Boeing’s Undoing
It’s 95 percent fake news, but the rise and fall of American aviation is also a powerful parable about the limits of what Percy Green called ‘tokenism.’
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Is Florida’s Migration Tide Turning?
Young people are leaving the state, and climate change’s impacts on the cost of living are contributing factors.
