Today on TAP: An agreement with generous raises that allowed for a low-wage, non-union EV sector would be far worse than a strike.
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Posted inWorking in America
Half a Million California Workers Get a Raise—and a Seat at the Table
Fast-food workers compel McDonald’s and Starbucks to abandon a ballot measure that would have squelched both.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Maine Tries to Take Back Its Utilities
A ballot measure would convert two investor-owned power companies into a public nonprofit. Unionized utility workers aren’t sold.
Posted inWorking in America
As Auto Workers Contract Talks Heat Up, Stellantis Threatens to Move South
Capital flight is playing a major role in the UAW negotiations, with U.S. plants at risk of losing work to Mexico being used as leverage.
Posted inWorking in America
Artificial Intelligence Emerges as a Union-Buster
How one employer used AI against workers even when the technology fell short
Posted inTAP
U.S. Steel and the Fake Populism of J.D. Vance
Today on TAP: Let’s not confuse the corporate interest with worker interests.
Posted inTAP
Unions and Worker Voice
Today on TAP: The other great contribution of the labor movement
Posted inWorking in America
A Labor Day Like No Other
With public support for unions at near-record highs and new federal rules that actually enable organizing, unions need to mount massive campaigns.
Posted inWorking in America
Union and Queer
The growing solidarity between labor and the LGBTQ+ community
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Organizing Wells Fargo
The campaign to unionize workers and rectify banking practices at America’s most notorious bank now reaches across the nation.
