Reflections on a week in the age of corporate power
strikes
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Barbenheimer Reveals the Drastic Choices of Hollywood Executives
The big opening weekend contrasts with everything the studios have been doing for the last couple of decades.
Posted inWorking in America
What’s at Stake in the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
Streaming has given the studios one more way to exploit writers—and the writers are pushing back.
Posted inPodcasts
Trump’s Legal Woes Mount
The disgraced former president is now facing probable racketeering charges.
Posted inWorking in America
Inside the Teamsters’ Historic Contract at UPS
The union’s new leadership used effective messaging and rank-and-file organization to win significant gains.
Posted inWorking in America
How Striking Hollywood Creators and Hotel Housekeepers Face the Same Obstacles
With consolidation and industry diversification, corporate studio and hotel owners have more money to wait out strikes.
Posted inWorking in America
Unions Are Trying to Save Hollywood From Its Own Foolish Executives
Left to their own devices, the CEOs will ruin the American film and TV industry.
Posted inWorking in America
The Actors Walk
The strike of SAG-AFTRA highlights a summer of workers’ pushback against a finance-driven economy.
Posted inWorking in America
The Truth About the Los Angeles Hotel Workers’ Strike
Despite recent wins, union members still can’t afford to live anywhere near where they work.
Posted inTAP
What the Teamsters Are Really About
Today on TAP: As a strike at UPS looms, the union’s plans may encompass more than winning a good contract.