Prospect Writing Fellow Marcia Brown’s Best of 2020
unions
Posted inWorking in America
Firing Workers on the Boss’s Whim? New York Puts a Stop to That.
American workers have no recourse if they’re fired for no reason. NYC’s new ‘just cause’ law for fast-food workers might begin to end this absurdity.
Posted inWorking in America
Amazon Warehouse Workers in Alabama: ‘They Work You to Death’
Employees in Bessemer, Alabama, are seeking union representation, which would make them the first unionized Amazon warehouse workers in the nation.
Posted inCoronavirus
Cleaning New York Subways, Immigrant Workers Find Abuse
Working for the MTA’s hired contractors, an immigrant workforce is exploited and harassed.
Posted inPolitics
Labor Unions Battle for Working-Class Georgians
Advocates see the Senate runoffs as a way to improve working peoples’ lives.
Posted inTAP
The Long-Running Search for Amazon’s Conscience
Today on TAP: Amazon workers deserve a union
Posted inPolitics
The State of the Parties
Not since 1860 have the parties represented such distinct and mutually opposed publics. And unlike 1860, neither party effectively commands a majority.
Posted inWorking in America
As Racism Plagues Health Care, Unions Offer a Treatment
Health care workers of color are twice as likely as their white co-workers to catch COVID-19. Unions could be the answer to addressing these disparities.