Feds Recently Hit Cargo Giant In Baltimore Disaster For Silencing Whistleblowers
Regulators cited Maersk for its “illegal policy” blocking employees from reporting safety concerns to the Coast Guard.
Labor
Timely coverage of the resurgent labor movement and efforts to protect workers’ rights from corporate wrongdoing.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: America’s Largest Solar Project Comes Online
Plus, the EPA boosts lead screening, the government establishes workplace heat protections, and more cities wean off gas.
It Just Got More Expensive To Fight Corporate Abuse
You’ll now be forced to pay huge arbitration fees if you try to challenge corporate contracts.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Gig Workers Score Employee Rights
Plus, a major airline merger won’t take off, methane leaks get plugged, and a toxic railway project gets waylaid.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: New Year, New Wages
Plus, a Texas Court throws out a billionaire-backed free speech case, bank tellers organize their industry, and EVs get more accessible.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Southwest To Pay Up For Holiday Meltdown
Plus, the EPA introduces limits on the toxic gas in the East Palestine disaster, Starbucks has to reopen union-busted locations, and old trees get new safeguards.
Build Back B.S.
Labor activists say a scandal-plagued construction company is taking advantage of Biden’s climate plan.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: White House To Slash Drug Prices
Plus, Google suffers a big antitrust defeat, New York’s private colleges could lose wasteful tax breaks, and Massachusetts says goodbye to natural gas.
Largest U.S. Teachers Union Allows Private Equity To Prey On Educators
The National Education Association’s benefits arm is pushing high-fee, poorly performing retirement plans run by a firm accused of fraud and mismanagement.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Farewell, Methane
Plus, organizers take on non-union automakers, an automatic voter registration program expands to the prison system, and a “Lithium Valley” bonanza bodes well for a clean-energy future.