An unsealed lawsuit that Trump’s FTC tried to bury puts the pricing schemes of business on full display.
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Posted inWorking in America
AI Surveillance Won’t Stop Theft, but It Might Stop Unions
The loss prevention industry is excited about using technology to combat shoplifting. But workers are getting caught up in the dragnet.
Posted inTAP
A May Day Meditation on the Need for Strikes
Today on TAP: 55,000 L.A. County workers just walked off the job. Striking was their only way to win raises commensurate with the cost of living.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pandemic-Era Corporate Bullying
The Federal Trade Commission found that big retailers threatened to punish suppliers unless they got first dibs on food and household goods.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Modern-Day Company Towns of Arkansas
Fortune 100 giants Tyson Foods and Walmart have heavy influence over two cities within 20 miles of one another, tucked into the northwest corner of the state.
Posted inWorking in America
How Workers Really Get Canceled on the Job
Pre-hiring personality screening and ongoing employer monitoring explicitly weed out workers likely to agitate for a union.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Monopolists Spying on Food Stamp Recipients
A Department of Agriculture pilot program allowing online grocery sales through the food stamp program exposes users to surveillance and predatory marketing, a study finds.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: ‘I Have No Protection … Only a Stupid Blue Vest,’ Walmart Worker Says
Also, how the wrangling in Congress kind of doesn’t matter. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 12, 2020.
Posted inWorking in America
On Black Friday, Retail Workers Fight for Dignity in the Workplace
United for Respect—an organization of, by, and for retail workers—builds support for better pay, fairer hours, and dignity on the job.
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Walmart and Guns, Part II
In my Tuesday On Tap, I noted that a number of Walmart employees, in the wake of the mass murder at an El Paso mega-store, had begun expressing concern about the company’s policy of selling guns (Walmart is the nation’s leading gun retailer) and allowing open carry in stores in the states that permit it. […]