A study of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, shows that the company weaponizes its algorithmic surveillance tools to prevent organizing.
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Trump Rips Up the Government’s Agreement With Its Workers
Airport security screeners had a contract, signed just last year. On Friday, Trump trashed it.
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Trump Trumps His War on the Administrative State
Today on TAP: When courts rule against him and he’s already neutered an agency, it’s that agency, not the courts, that his lawyers say should rule.
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King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
Before Elon Musk can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball.
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The Musk-Bezos War on Collective Bargaining
When Biden’s NLRB began to restore workers’ rights, the world’s richest men moved to shut down the NLRB altogether.
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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
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The Amazon Strike, the Bezos-Musk-Trump Dinner, and the O’Brien Bet
With their more than half a trillion dollars, Bezos and Musk join forces to make sure Trump doesn’t support even a scintilla of worker power.
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Bidenomics in the Rearview Mirror
Today on TAP: Despite its history-making tilt toward workers and consumers, the electorate didn’t reward it.
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These Nurses Got a Union—but Say They Can’t Get a Contract Without a Strike
Six hundred New Orleans nurses join a national surge in pre-contract strikes.
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Sinema and Manchin Burnish Their Legacy
Today on TAP: Yesterday, S&M voted to hand the NLRB over to union-busting Republicans.