Con Ed Contractors Demand a Fair Cut
Cleaners contracted to clean utility giant Con Edison’s facilities are paid as little as $16 dollars an hour while the company rakes in billions.
Labor
Leveraging the CHIPS Act to Create Good Jobs for All Semiconductor Workers
Billions of public dollars are poised to flow to semiconductor manufacturing. Here’s how to ensure the jobs they create are actually good.
Tipping Is Racist and Harms Us All — It’s Past Time to Eliminate It
The federal tipped “subminimum wage” of $2.13 an hour leaves workers impoverished and exposed to workplace mistreatment.
Why We Need a Four-Day Workweek
The outdated five-day workweek is failing today’s workers. Shortening the workweek reprioritizes the well-being of workers, addresses economic inequality, and aligns work with the needs of the modern era.
AI Won’t Replace You — But It Will Spy on You
Short-term concerns about artificial intelligence replacing jobs are overblown, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be aware of how it's already warping workplaces.
Maximizing CHIPS Subsidy Benefits for Workers — Not CEOs
Commonsense guardrails are needed to protect taxpayers dollars from wasteful stock buybacks and excessive CEO pay.
Progressive Democrats Call for Stronger CHIPS Subsidy Guardrails to Prevent Wasteful Stock Buyback Spending
A new report reveals that chipmakers in line to receive massive subsidies could’ve given $27,000 annual bonuses to 300,000 employees with the money they blew on buybacks over the past five years.
California Moves to Ban Forced Prison Labor — But There’s Still More to Do
Sixteen states still allow the incarcerated to be forced into labor for a pittance, a historical extension of slavery that must be eradicated.
I Keep The Affordable Care Act Working but Can’t Afford to See My Own Doctor
The federal healthcare marketplace’s customer service line is run by a for-profit federal contractor that gives its employees little more than the bare minimum.