The growing solidarity between labor and the LGBTQ+ community
Working in America
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Organizing Wells Fargo
The campaign to unionize workers and rectify banking practices at America’s most notorious bank now reaches across the nation.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s Indirect Play for a Just Transition to EVs
Department of Energy programs condition funding for retooling factories on good-paying union jobs in manufacturing communities.
Posted inTAP
The Economy: Steady as She Goes
Today on TAP: The Fed needs to understand that this economy defies its models. It should begin to cut rates, and get ready for a whole other kind of inflation driven by climate change.
Posted inEconomic Policy
American Steel’s Succession
Mergers temporarily strengthen labor’s bargaining chip. But in the long run, anti-monopoly experts say, corporate power crushes workers and consumers.
Posted inWorking in America
Biden Administration Seeks to Expand Overtime Pay to Millions of U.S. Workers
If you earn less than $55,000 a year and work more than 40 hours a week, you could be eligible for time and a half.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How the March on Washington Changed the U.S.—and Me
Sixty years ago, the great march set me on a different path.
Posted inWorking in America
UAW Brokers a Tentative Agreement With GM Battery Maker Ultium Cells
While the agreement gives Ultium Cells workers a raise of more than 20 percent, membership overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike of the Big Three automakers after September 14.
Posted inWorking in America
Biden’s NLRB Brings Workers’ Rights Back From the Dead
A decision last Friday makes union organizing possible again.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Construction Bids for EV Projects in Georgia Go to Gov. Kemp’s Donors
Under an obscure program, state and local authorities got to pick construction firms for Rivian and Hyundai plants. They chose non-union firms that have contributed heavily to Republicans.
