Our editor at large lists his Best of 2022.
NLRB
Posted inWorking in America
Baker at the Barricades
Outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker takes the helm at the NCAA just in time for the college athletes’ revolution.
Posted inTAP
The Labor Board Gets a Raise
Today on TAP: With organizing campaigns and strikes on the rise, Congress finally proposes to increase funding for the NLRB—for the first time since 2014.
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Unionized Starbucks Stores Go on a Weekend Strike
The action is over selective closures of union stores, as well as retaliatory behavior against unionized employees.
Posted inTAP
Biden’s Agencies Rule: One for the Workers, One Not
Today on TAP: The NLRB goes after employer lawbreaking, while the FTC—just this once?—disregards workers’ concerns.
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Coalition Asks: Where Is Biden’s NLRB?
There were high hopes when a Democratic majority returned to decide labor law, but more than a year in, critical rulings have not been issued, a group of labor lawyers and organizers say.
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‘Red Cup Rebellion’: Striking Chicago Starbucks Workers Brave Cold to Send Message to CEO Howard Schultz
Workers accuse the company of refusing to bargain in good faith for a union contract.
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Tech Company Workers Should Unionize Immediately
What happened to Twitter could happen to any Silicon Valley company.
Posted inTAP
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 Faux-Progressive Starbucks Is Fighting Unionization
Denying raises to its unionized baristas appears to be an effective, if illegal, tactic—at least, until the NLRB clamps down on it.
