Last Thursday, the Supremes ruled against a union of cement-mixer drivers—but their very odd decision could have been lots worse for American workers.
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Posted inWorking in America
Teamsters Begin Major Amazon Fight
A group of unionized delivery drivers in Palmdale, California, could open new possibilities for a legal challenge to Amazon’s subcontracting model.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will SCOTUS Revoke the Right to Strike?
A case argued this week could give worker-phobic Republican justices a chance to force workers to stay on the job.
Posted inWorking in America
What Amazon Will Do Next. What Unions Must Do Next.
The NLRB can—as originally intended—quickly facilitate worker organization. But workers need to act fast before the Supreme Court cancels their efforts.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Trucking Can’t Deliver the Goods
The yearly turnover rate among long-haul truckers is 94 percent. And you wonder why you’re not getting your orders on time?
Posted inWorking in America
‘Trucking Action Plan’ Missing in Action
The White House effort on trucking is too focused on finding more drivers and not focused enough on making trucking jobs better.
Posted inWorking in America
The Union of Autoworkers and Grad Students
With last week’s victory at the University of California, roughly 100,000 UAW members work for universities.
Posted inWorking in America
Just How Exceptional Are the Buffalo Baristas?
They’ve unionized one Starbucks. They symbolize a fed-up proletariat. But does their victory portend anything further?
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A New Regime at the Teamsters
Like Joe Biden, incoming Teamster president Sean O’Brien is an establishment guy turned reformer.
