Nannies, housekeepers and gig workers have already won legal protections. Now they want consequences for bosses who break the rules.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: What Happens in Vegas
The Harris campaign is beginning to outline their economic agenda.
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Arizona Restaurants Want to Cut Their Servers’ Wages
Today on TAP: As both presidential candidates endorse eliminating taxes on tips, in Arizona businesses look to reduce the subminimum wage for those same tipped workers.
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A Policy Gimmick Amid the Joy
Kamala Harris borrows from Donald Trump with a perk to the Culinary Union at a raucous rally in Las Vegas: eliminating taxes on tips.
Posted inWorking in America
Waffle House Workers Challenge the Southern Economy
One union chips away at the vestiges of Jim Crow–era labor policies.
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Kamala’s Strengths and Weaknesses
Today on TAP: And how she can talk to working-class voters
Posted inWorking in America
What (Not Who) Will Follow Mary Kay Henry?
The groundbreaking president of SEIU is stepping down, at a time when the possibilities for organizing American workers may be rising.
Posted inWorking in America
The Fight for $15 Can Take a Bow
Workers are celebrating minimum-wage increases around the country, but the new frontier is already creeping toward $20.
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Federal Agencies Can Disable Employer Debt TRAPs
Advocacy groups offer a road map for how agencies can use existing authority to ban contracts that force workers to pay employers if they leave their job.
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Corporate Bullsh*t
Nick Hanauer and Joan Walsh explain how rich people lie to benefit themselves.