December 09, 2023
PODCAST: RDP's Vishal Shankar Talks DeJoy, USPS On The Ralph Nader Radio Hour
RDP Senior Researcher Vishal Shankar joins the Ralph Nader Radio Hour to discuss Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s ongoing sabotage of the Postal Service.
November 17, 2023
Don’t Roll The Credits On Hollywood’s Labor Uprising Yet
Thoughts on the summer of strikes, the rise of the machines, and coming attractions.
October 20, 2023
Hollywood Bosses Fight SAG-AFTRA With PR Flacks’ Help
The hired guns at the Levinson Group are still helping the AMPTP block a fair contract with workers.
September 29, 2023
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MAGA-Engineered Government Shutdown Will Make October a Great Month to Be a Corporate Criminal
The forces that stand to benefit most from a Republican-imposed government shutdown are corporate miscreants—a fact that President Joe Biden and his Democratic surrogates should point out.
September 29, 2023
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RELEASE: Watchdog Group Warns MAGA-Engineered Shutdown Will Make October a Great Month to Be a Corporate Criminal
Joe Biden must be direct with voters and tell them that the worst actors in corporate America are the biggest beneficiaries of the Republican shutdown.
September 06, 2023 | Revolving Door Project Newsletter
Cracking Down on Judicial Corruption & Celebrating Pro-Labor Rulemaking
With Labor Day now behind us, Hot Labor Summer has come to a scorching end, but the labor movement is alive and well with several heavyweight bouts looming on the horizon. This transition time is the perfect moment to take stock of the Biden administration’s labor allyship — applauding recent rulemaking efforts, highlighting some shortcomings, and previewing some potential labor strikes coming this fall.
September 01, 2023
Don’t Fall For Hollywood Bosses’ New PR Spin
Instead of cutting a fair deal with writers and actors, the AMPTP has hired new strike-busting comms consultants. Their spin campaign is off to a pathetic start.
July 26, 2023
It’s Time For “Union Joe” To Prove Himself
If Biden wants to keep his nickname and the working class vote, he needs to start listening to the unions.
July 21, 2023
Can We Keep This Anonymous?
Irresponsible press coverage isn’t limited to Washington as Hollywood journalists take cues from Trump’s White House Press Corps by providing anonymity to sources where there should be none
May 12, 2023 | The American Prospect
Will Dem PR Flacks Help Studios Crush Striking Writers Again?
How two ‘Masters of Disaster’ helped Hollywood execs break the last writers strike
March 25, 2023 | Common Dreams
Steven Rattner's Not Afraid Of Work From Home, He's Afraid Of Worker Power
American workers have just started getting the barest minimum of a few lucky breaks. But that is terrifying to Rattner and his fellow moguls, so they need some sort of rational argument for why these bare scraps of power are actually bad for everyone.
March 22, 2023 | The Sling
Too Big To Rail: Railroads, Safety, and Accountability
Unfortunately, America’s rail workers are all too familiar with the consequences of how the railroad industry has been operated over the past 30 years. Precision scheduled railroading (PSR) has made the difference. PSR is a business model focused on reducing overhead costs and generating returns for shareholders. Similar to many other business models driven by financialization, it’s effectively a scheme by giant railroad operators to cut staff and backup resources, push the remaining equipment and personnel to the breaking point, and funnel as much of the cash as possible to Wall Street. And by increasing market concentration even further, the recently approved rail merger between Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) promises to make the situation even more dire — for railroad workers, for the communities our rail lines pass through, and for the American economy.