Today on TAP: 55,000 L.A. County workers just walked off the job. Striking was their only way to win raises commensurate with the cost of living.
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After Building Service Workers Mobilize, FTC Stops Secret No-Hire Agreements
A key tool that enables contractors to trap building services personnel in low-wage work has been upended by a bipartisan majority at the Federal Trade Commission.
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Labor’s Prodigal Son Returns
SEIU rejoins the AFL-CIO, even as arresting labor’s decline remains a daunting challenge.
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Service Workers Target Inconsistent Michigan Voters for Harris
Canvassers are reaching out to working-class voters of color who are less likely to vote.
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SEIU Works the South
The union’s organizing summit in North Carolina was part of its $200 million investment to mobilize working people to vote ahead of the 2024 election.
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Massachusetts Ballot Measure Criticized for Creating Gig Worker ‘Company Unions’
Uber and Lyft are not opposing Question 3, which would give some bargaining rights to drivers but keep them as independent contractors without full labor protections.
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Minnesota Workers Strike Down Shady Provision That Restricts Their Freedom of Employment
The state banned so-called ‘restrictive covenants’ that make contracted labor agreements harder to break.
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An End to the Endless Workweek
In the country that spawned the movement for the eight-hour workday, workers can still be asked to work 24 hours a day.
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Turning the Tables in Minnesota
An enduring union-community alliance in the Twin Cities may be a model for progressive victories.
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Reformed Capitalism in Seattle; Baristas’ Unionism
Microsoft and Starbucks as exceptions to corporations’ union busting; Starbucks baristas as beacons of bottom-up organizing