Today on TAP: On stepping down, the president of the nation’s hotel workers union calls for a movement-wide organizing campaign at Amazon.
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How Republicans Screw Workers
Efforts by Obama and Biden to enforce labor laws have been systematically undermined by right-wing courts and legislators. This should be a prime election theme.
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Bridge to the Bottom: Global Deregulation of Shipping
Today on TAP: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is directly tied to the use of globalization to undermine national standards of safety and quality.
Posted inWorking in America
How Everything Changed at Volkswagen in Chattanooga
This union drive by the UAW looks very different from two other attempts in 2014 and 2019.
Posted inBooks
Who Controls Your Shopping Cart?
Austin Frerick’s ‘Barons’ follows the food-industry giants that have cornered giant portions of the market for everything from coffee to chicken thighs.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New Clean-Car Rule May Transform Unions in America
The Environmental Protection Agency rule makes it impossible for Volkswagen to shut down its EV-producing plant in Tennessee, which is being targeted by the UAW.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Justice Department Gag Order Blocks Union Leaders From Speaking Publicly
The National Association of Immigration Judges, whose union was decertified under Trump, is now being silenced by ‘overzealous’ officials in Biden’s Justice Department.
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Man of Steel
Today on TAP: President Biden’s blockage of the proposed purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel is unprecedented and magnificently pro-union.
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The ACLU Stabs Labor in the Back
The famed civil liberties organization is attempting to roll back union power through the courts.
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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.
