Abruzzo has taken a series of muscular, bold moves to protect American workers, turning the tide in the #ClassWar that the #OnePercent has waged on workers since the #Reagan administration. For example, #Abruzzo is working to turn #WorkerMisclassification - the fiction that an employee is a small business contracting with their boss, a staple of the #GigEconomy - into an #UnfairLaborPractice:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/10/see-you-in-the-funny-papers/#bidens-legacy

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The NLRB's toothless response to cheating presented an easy equation for corrupt, union-hating bosses: if fines amount to less than the total, lifetime costs of paying a fair wage and offering fair labor conditions, you should cheat - hell, it's practically a #FiduciaryDuty:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/468061

Enter the *Cemex* ruling: once a majority of workers have signed a union card, *any* #UnfairLaborPractice by their employer triggers immediate, automatic recognition of the union.

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Gizmodo: TCGPlayer Employees File Unfair Labor Complaint Against eBay for Anti-Union Tactics https://gizmodo.com/tcgplayer-staff-unfair-labor-complaint-against-ebay-1850693046 #communicationsworkersofamerica #unionizationinthetechsector #nationallaborrelationsact #unfairlaborpractice #laborrelations #brianathomas #unionbusting #sarasteffens #irisstlucy #codecwa #labor #ebay #tu