The only way the UAW’s strategy of rejecting voluntary overtime can work is if Ford, GM, and Stellantis lack enough workers to make cars.
Author: Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
The Actors Walk
The strike of SAG-AFTRA highlights a summer of workers’ pushback against a finance-driven economy.
Battlefield Reports From Our New Civil War
Today on TAP: Two Prospect pieces on red and blue trifecta states make clear we really are two separate nations.
Biden Anxiety: What Should Democrats Do?
Today on TAP: Though the public thinks he’s too old to serve a second term, Joe Biden keeps getting older. What should the Democrats do?
What Should Biden Do About the Debt Limit?
Today on TAP: Negotiating with the GOP would be a disaster, but not negotiating has political perils, too. Which leavesawhat?
GOP the Party of Rage and Retribution
Well, they got Al Capone for tax evasion, so there’s precedent for this sort of thing.
Michigan Begins the Repeal of ‘Right To Work’
Today on TAP: A newly Democratic state government votes to restore some democracy in the workplace.
Lefties Amok: CA’s Upcoming Senate Race
Four Democratic House members draw a bead on the seat Feinstein will vacate.
The Biden Documents ‘Scandal’
There’s no equivalence between l’affaire Biden documents and l’affaire Trump documents-but politically, that may not matter so much.
Can the Hotel Workers’ Union Save the Dems?
In Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, the union has been talking to voters about progressive fixes to inflation for months, when Democrats didn’t know what to say.