Today on TAP: The president voices support for unions
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Posted inWorking in America
‘Everyone in the Community Is Cheering Us On’
An interview with Josh Brewer, lead union organizer at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse
Posted inWorking in America
Remote Controlled Workers
The pandemic has allowed companies to expand an old practice of spying on workers. That’s a problem for their privacy and their power.
Posted inPolitics
Let’s Organize—and Not Scapegoat Leaders
Given their resources, the national Indivisible leadership has done well by its 2017 mission statement to ‘lift up a grassroots movement of local groups to defeat the Trump agenda, elect progressive leaders, and realize bold progressive policies.’
Posted inCoronavirus
Federal Mask Mandate Is No Defense Against Hostile Riders
The mandate gives transit, passenger rail, and airline employees new levels of authority. But enforcement remains a major challenge for anyone dealing with screaming, punching, or worse.
Posted inWorking in America
Hollywood Ending: A Rare Win Over Private Equity Giants
Film and television writers fired their agents two years ago. By sticking together, they won practically everything they were demanding.
Posted inWorking in America
Union Solidarity on Eve of Historic Amazon Warehouse Election
In Alabama, unions gather to support workers seeking union recognition from the Earth’s largest non-union company.
Posted inWorking in America
Warehouse Workers Wage Historic Fight for Union Recognition at Amazon
The corporate giant has gone to great lengths to stop workers in Bessemer, Alabama, from unionizing.
Posted inWorking in America
Prop 22 Is Here, and It’s Already Worse Than Expected
Not only are gig companies gouging workers and consumers, but traditional firms are benefiting from the substandard labor regime as well.
