I’ve spent months working with the Volkswagen Chattanooga workers, helping them tell their stories in the media. Here’s what last night’s victory means for all the workers I have gotten to know…🧵

On the UAW win today in Tennessee: “Together, these union wins have helped raise wages and demonstrate once again that the middle-class built America and that unions are still building and expanding the middle class for all workers.” ⁦President Biden⁩ whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

.President Biden on UAW vote in TN
“Let me be clear to the Republican governors that tried to undermine this vote: there is nothing to fear from American workers using their voice and their legal right to form a union if they so choose.”

NEW: Rents are up 20% since 2020. And a housing cartel's algorithm could be to blame.

RealPage, a software company, allegedly works with landlords to drive up rents across the country.

This is an illegal price-fixing conspiracy. And it's forcing Americans into homelessness.

We hereby call this meeting of The Tortured Prices Department to order…

Thank you, Suzanne Lynch of POLITICO, for talking to me about a wealth tax politico.com/newsletters/gl…

Proctor and Gamble will “spark a lot more fun and joy” by slashing the price of diapers than they will by selling toilet bombs. apple.news/AWexWMmT4RESDo…

'Welcome to pricing hell.'

It doesn't have to be this way — we can choose policies that free us from the uncertainty and budgetary pain of greedflation-driven dynamic pricing.

A must-read if you're concerned about junk fees and Uber-style pricing for everyday goods:

If the UAW wins the Volkswagen election that started today, 'it may mean that Shawn Fain is the real thing, and he’s going to deliver on his promise to totally unionize auto production in this country,' says prominent management-side lawyer Roger King bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Finally connected with Tara Dawson McGuinness and her amazing lab work—implementation is everything —with Anne-Marie Slaughter🇺🇦. Thank you Hilary Cottam for connecting us. Sisters dedicated to building capability, capacity and courage to help catalyze experimentation and dynamism in the public

Republicans: objectively pro-junk fee prospect.org/politics/2024-…

New freakanomics chapter just dropped. Why Walmart is just like your drug dealer. The economics of scaleflation.

Walmart's check-out machines have allegedly been inflating the weight of groceries.

The corporate giant is settling a class-action lawsuit accusing them of overcharging for food.

The suit claims they inflate food weight, mislabel produce, and more.

U.S. Steelworkers are fighting a takeover by Japan's Nippon, while railroad unions are opposing a hedge fund's attempt to take over Norfolk Southern's board. Read more about unions' newfound influence in the boardroom from Liz Hoffman & Sharon Block ☮️: semafor.com/article/04/04/…

Trust-busting is back and on a roll. I joined Matt Stoller on the Laura Flanders Show (@GRITlaura) to talk about what's happening and where it will lead.

Airing on PBS stations or watch here:
youtube.com/watch?v=t8_hq7…

Wendy's was just the start: I wrote about all the different ways pricing has become purposely terrible.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Absolutely a must read on the new era of price-hiking and gouging that may be here to stay.

Update: The Royals and Chiefs spent over $6 million ($105 per vote) on their stadium campaign, the most spent in a local race in Kansas City's history.

The opposition, led by @kctenants, spent $1.90 per 78,350 no vote.

58% of the county voted with the tenant union.

None of the jeopardy contestants knew who Jerome Powell was. I’ll just leave this here without comment.

I promise to stay awake the entire show!!!!