Amazon has soundly defeated a landmark union drive that would have established the company’s first US union, but labor advocates are hopeful that the high-profile fight will nonetheless be successful in spurring support for broader change.
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Some praise our gig economy flexibility. I call it exploitation
While Silicon Valley cannot praise the gig economy enough as a great opportunity, they forget to add that it is a great opportunity for them to earn money, not the workers. Read here
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: The EU’s Game of Chicken
Brexit from a German leftist perspective. Read here
Corruption
Thomas Fazi: How the Davos elite took back control
The World Economic Forum in Davos is kicking-off. Thomas Fazi argues in ‘Unherd’ that it is an important mechanism for elites to shield themselves from democratic constraints. Read the article HERE.
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