Negotiations loom between the dockworkers union and shipping companies making record profits.
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Why Most Kroger Workers Are Food Insecure
And what the company can do about it
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Why Can’t the AFL-CIO Have Two Presidents?
Liz Shuler and Sara Nelson are the combination the labor movement needs.
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Here’s Why American Workers Are (a) Screwed and (b) Quitting
The annual report on union membership explains a lot about what’s wrong with our country.
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How Farmworkers Are Organizing to Close the Wage Gap
Agricultural workers in New York just formed the state’s first farmworker union, but a new law guaranteeing overtime protections and organizing rights has been delayed.
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How California Got So Blue
Today on TAP: Liberals owe thanks to two notable progressives who are stepping down from their posts.
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Ron Kim Targets a New York Progressive Heavyweight in Allegations of Wage Theft
Kim accuses the Chinese-American Planning Council of rampant wage theft—and, in coordination with 1199SEIU, of blocking workers’ access to the courts.
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America’s Steel Spine
Will Biden resist pressure to weaken tariffs against China’s steel subsidies and double down on his industrial policy to revive domestic steelmaking?
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New Kellogg Contract Opens the Floodgates for Exploitation
BCTGM and Kellogg ratified a new five-year contract earlier this week after workers went on strike in October. Despite the short-term gains, many workers are skeptical.
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The Unionized Starbucks in Your Neighborhood
Thousands of baristas are already unionized, at the Starbucks kiosks in supermarkets, airports, hotels, and other locations.