Oct 9 2019
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After a monumental political battle, California passed AB5, a law that will make it much harder for gig economy…
Oct 1 2019
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Unions are employers too. And the people who work at the headquarters of SEIU, America’s most politically active…
Sep 30 2019
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Today, Forever 21 joins the long list of retail chains to declare bankruptcy. There is a business story about the…
Sep 17 2019
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Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers drove in a slow protest caravan in New York City today asking for stronger legal…
Sep 5 2019
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California appears to be on the verge of passing AB5, a bill that would make it much harder for companies to…
Aug 30 2019
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Inherent in the ridiculous human condition is the necessity that we continually relearn lessons of the past, the…
Aug 29 2019
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“Gig economy” tech companies that rely on armies of “independent contractors” are panicked at a bill being…
Aug 16 2019
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This week, gig economy delivery company Postmates ran a full-page ad in the LA Times—signed by more than 1,600 of…
Aug 15 2019
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The future of the “gig economy” is on the table in California, where the legislature is considering a bill that…
Aug 9 2019
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New research finds that “employees who have a white male advocate often end up with higher pay, and most of those employees are white men. Women—particularly black and Hispanic women, are the least likely to have such a lucrative connection.” Meritocracy!
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Aug 9 2019
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Luxury fitness chain Equinox has been in the news after evil billionaire owner Stephen Ross decided to host a Trump…
Jul 10 2019
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Many successful people in the media view the industry as a ladder. You start at the bottom and climb up, leaving…
May 17 2019
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The Fight for $15's latest win is in Connecticut—the state has passed a bill to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023. More than 30% of the U.S. workforce is now on a path to the $15 minimum wage. Fuck the federal government, anyhow!
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May 7 2019
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The remarkable dispute that has gripped the leadership of America’s biggest labor union coalition peaked yesterday…
May 1 2019
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At the AFL-CIO, the 12.5 million-member strong coalition of unions, a strange conflict over alleged spending…
Apr 18 2019
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Both white collar and blue collar workers for Amazon have complained of a variety of inhuman working conditions,…
Apr 16 2019
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Last week, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (net worth: $150 billion) boasted about his company’s recent decision to raise its…
Apr 16 2019
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Several workers in a Maryland Target store went on strike this week, citing abusive management. Target, like its peers, is a very committed union-buster, but they earned themselves a little strike anyhow. Ha ha.
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Apr 11 2019
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Bald Amazonian Jeff Bezos, America’s richest man, published his annual letter to shareholders today—including a…
Mar 28 2019
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The SEIU—one of America’s strongest and most politically active unions—is facing the real possibility of a strike by…