Ninety-eight percent of hotel workers were laid off when the pandemic hit. Real estate investors smelled an opportunity.
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Posted inWorking in America
Two-Faced Anti-Unionism
At Starbucks, REI, and The New York Times, management insists it’s not anti-union—while waging anti-union campaigns.
Posted inWorking in America
Why Union Membership Statistics Are Stupid
American workers are on the march—something the government isn’t measuring.
Posted inTAP
Can the Government Level the Playing Field for Workers?
Today on TAP: The union campaigning to organize an Alabama Amazon warehouse is hoping it will.
Posted inWorking in America
In Bessemer and the South, Black Workers Hold the Key
Does the ongoing campaign to unionize the Amazon warehouse, where 85 percent of the workers are Black, portend a return to large-scale campaigns in the region?
Posted inWorking in America
Oshkosh Corporation Seeks Non-Union Labor to Build Postal Trucks
The controversy over locating a manufacturing plant could impact upcoming postal legislation, White House climate goals, and a high-profile Senate race.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Voltage Valley
Building a domestic supply chain, Lordstown, Ohio, is becoming a hub for the electric-vehicle industry.
Posted inTAP
New Under the Sun: Government Pro-Worker Activism
Today on TAP: The White House and Congress endeavor to empower groups of employees, as Republicans try out a sham empowerment of their own.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Warehouse Space Race
With warehouse capacity at a premium, businesses try to get goods and move them out as global economic chaos disrupts long-held ideas about stocking stuff just in time.
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?