Unions must create a massive, dedicated project to assist workers like those at the Staten Island Amazon warehouse.
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Posted inWorking in America
If Congress Can’t Boost Workers’ Rights, the Administration Will Go It Alone
A new report lays out ways that federal agencies can increase worker power.
Posted inTAP
New Under the Sun: Government Pro-Worker Activism
Today on TAP: The White House and Congress endeavor to empower groups of employees, as Republicans try out a sham empowerment of their own.
Posted inWorking in America
Here’s Why American Workers Are (a) Screwed and (b) Quitting
The annual report on union membership explains a lot about what’s wrong with our country.
Posted inWorking in America
Will Starbucks Bargain With Its Baristas, or Just Pretend To?
Many newly unionized employers go discreetly AWOL (or worse) when it comes to negotiating a first contract. Coffee drinkers shouldn’t let Starbucks get away with that.
Posted inBuilding Back America
What You Might Have Missed in the Build Back Better Bill
The bill is teeming with hundreds of programs, which in some cases crowded out the bigger priorities.
Posted inTAP
World’s Biggest Half-Full, Half-Empty Glass
Today on TAP: Biden’s bill is historically great and bitterly disappointing.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Will the Reconciliation Bill Do Anything to Secure Workers’ Rights?
One provision, which appears to have the required votes, may help.
Posted inTAP
In the Budget Scramble, Don’t Forget Worker Rights
Today on TAP: They’re as important in a democracy as voting rights
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate Lobbyists Seek ‘Grassroots’ Support for Forced Arbitration
Emails reveal a conservative tactic to promote forced arbitration in Arizona: offer $2,000 to sign a local newspaper op-ed.
