Today on TAP: In a signal victory last week, an activist group prevailed on a major bus manufacturer to hire its workers from local, historically disadvantaged communities.
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Non-Union Social Security Judges Doing Same Work as Their Union Counterparts
The situation, which dates back 15 years, could be remedied by the Biden administration, which has vowed to make the federal government a ‘model employer.’
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Anti-Union Consultants Have No Place in the Democratic Party
Global Strategy Group is a good case study of the type of PR and advisory firm the Democrats could do without.
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Hell in Amy’s Kitchen
The ‘socially responsible’ company downplays the flood of complaints from its largely Latina workforce, but has paid over $100,000 to OSHA for multiple health and safety violations.
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Summer Lee’s Organizing Model Has Upended Pittsburgh
The state representative, who is in a high-profile congressional primary, has consistently challenged the old guard in her city.
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Law and Order Returns to Labor Relations
Today on TAP: A federal court in Tennessee could require Starbucks to adhere to labor law now—not, as has been customary, in the far distant future.
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House of Representatives Staff Given the Right to Form a Union
The Congressional Workers Union has been organizing for months to get the ability to collectively bargain.
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Bernie Sanders Puts Amazon’s Billions in Federal Contracts at Risk
A hearing featuring Amazon Labor Union’s Christian Smalls looked at whether the government should continue to use companies as contractors after they engage in union-busting.
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The Poverty Wages and Indentured Servitude of Baseball’s Minor Leaguers
Baseball’s anomalous antitrust exemption is overdue for repeal.
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The Hidden Reason for Starbucks Worker Organizing
Pandemic changes exacerbated long-standing tensions between the company and its workforce.