“The sharing economy is here!” we are frequently advised. “We must devise a new labor deal for a new century!” we are warned. So why is making a deal between Airbnb and unions so fucking hard?

Yesterday, the SEIU, one of America’s strongest and most politically active labor unions, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Hmm.

In 2010, Mary Kay Henry was elected president of the 2 million-member Service Employees International Union. She's played major roles in ongoing battles over labor rights, wages, immigration, and health care. She's here to answer your questions now.

NYC's doormen reached a last-minute deal with the Realty Advisory Board, thus averting a strike.

Judging from this NYT article about the possibly-impending New York doorman strike, everyone is going to have to pitch in to make fun of rich people complaining about not having servants temporarily. There's too much good stuff here.

"A major health care workers' union is running Web ads accusing Lazard kingpin Bruce Wasserstein and his firm of exploiting the elderly in pursuit of profits... When users click on the [ads], they are directed to a site, www.improveassistedliving.org, where the lead item reads, 'Gouging Grandma: Billionaire Bruce…