Over the last year, Starbucks baristas across the US banded together to form unions at the stores where they work. And workers at other big name companies like Amazon have joined in to organise their own workplaces, too. But the FT’s labour and equality correspondent Taylor Nicole Rogers explains how these and other new unions around the US are running up against a classic problem in labour. Can they convince their employers to come to the bargaining table to hash out a contract?   Clips from NBC, CBS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  For further reading: US trade unions: Inside the revival brewing at Starbucks Joe Biden secures deal to avert US rail strike  Howard Schultz vows Starbucks rebound after coffee chain ‘lost its way’ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  On Twitter, follow Taylor Nicole Rogers (@TaylorNRogers) and Michela Tindera (@mtindera07)  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tech Tonic is back with a new season all about crypto! We wanted to share with you the second episode of the latest season of Tech Tonic. FT columnist and host Jemima Kelly tries to understand why an influential Silicon Valley investment firm thinks that Web3 is a good bet. Will blockchain technology really be the foundation of a new internet era? Is Web3’s promise to decentralise the internet going to pose a challenge to companies such as Facebook and Twitter? The FT’s innovation editor John Thornhill interviews Chris Dixon, head of Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto fund, and Jemima talks to Molly White, author of the Web3 Is Going Just Great blog. Follow Tech Tonic to hear the full season here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.