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.
Labor
Timely coverage of the resurgent labor movement and efforts to protect workers’ rights from corporate wrongdoing.
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.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Here Come The Solar Canals
Plus, New York Takes On PepsiCo, Florida’s anti-drag law is stopped, and Starbucks workers walk out.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Chicago Workers Get Vacations
Plus, wages are going up across the auto industry, Big Oil’s hopes for an oil train run into trouble, and Michigan passes an ambitious climate plan.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: A Hollywood Ending
Plus, voters come for the mansions, Uber and Lyft pay up, Portland teachers strike, and New York City drafts a new bill of rights.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Auto Workers Win Big
Plus, California cracks down on driverless cars, Big Oil faces a trial in Hawaii, and killings drop nationwide.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Electric Vehicles Will Be Union Made
Auto workers secure EV wins, California protects restaurant employees, Vermont brings batteries home, and Biden kills junk fees.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Baristas Win Back Pay
Hollywood writers make a deal, nurses back public power, and children keep their health care.
Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie
Corporations say they can’t meet auto workers’ demands while also transitioning to electric vehicles — but they just need to fork over the money.
The Missing Inflation Data
The Biden administration is getting bad data and bad advice — but there’s a way out.