Today on TAP: The NLRB’s general counsel asks the Board to ban ‘captive audience’ meetings, in which workers are compelled to hear employers’ anti-union rants.
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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
Tug Life
From Canada to Panama, tugboat workers are being squeezed as shipping companies earn record profits.
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The Rank-and-File Organizers Who Took On Amazon
Amazon’s heavy-handed tactics triggered an explosion of organizing from inside its Staten Island warehouse, leading to a union victory.
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A Generational Worker Revolt Hits Its Stride
At Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, workers have broken through corporate America’s unified, furious opposition to giving employees a voice on the job.
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The Ironworkers Resurrecting ‘Joy Silk’
After months of complaints over basic safety standards, a majority of workers in a fabrication plant demanded union recognition, but the company refused and retaliated.
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The Memo Writer
Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, has outlined an agenda that would transform the American workplace.
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Starbucks Turns to Its Venerable Union-Buster
Today on TAP: Longtime CEO Howard Schultz has returned, apparently to squelch his baristas’ campaign for a voice on the job.
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Activision Workers Fight to Unionize
The popular gaming company, in the midst of a $70 billion merger with Microsoft, is resisting a unionization effort in its Raven Software division.
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Amazon Warehouse Workers Walk Out
‘We don’t want snacks. We want a raise.’
