Oregon Set to Expand Voting Rights to People in Prison
From today’s NBC News: Oregon state Democrats have advanced a bill that would allow people who are incarcerated in the state to vote. If enacted, the bill would make the…
What Human Behavior Tells Us About How To Get Hybrid Work Right
From today’s Forbes: There aren’t a lot of peer-reviewed studies on the benefits of climbing trees, but this rule simultaneously prohibited something potentially positive (clean fun/exploration/nature/exercise) and created animosity—making it…
Election Worker Intimidation and Voting Rights Laws Passed in New Mexico
From today’s Albuquerque Journal: Legislation making it a crime to intimidate election workers and expanding automatic voter registration is on its way to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham after winning House…
Michigan House Passes Bills Repealing “Right-To-Work” Law
From today’s Detroit Free Press: Michigan House Democrats passed legislation Wednesday night over GOP objections to deliver on a key promise to union activists: repealing the state’s right-to-work law. The…
Biden Nominates Julie Su as U.S. Labor Secretary
From today’s New York Times: President Biden on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate Julie Su, the deputy labor secretary, to succeed Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh, who has said…
Report Reveals Deteriorating Labor Conditions at US Wireless Carriers
From today’s The Guardian: Labor conditions and collective bargaining rights have worsened in the large US wireless carrier industry now that big telecommunications firms are increasingly outsourcing their retail sales…
Amazon Warehouse Worker Makes Podcast About Working Conditions
From today’s Buzzfeed News: In May 2022, Daniel Olayiwola, a 29-year-old picker at an Amazon warehouse in San Antonio, spoke at the company’s shareholder meeting. As an employee, he held…
Oregon Lawmakers Aim to Expand Voting Rights to Incarcerated Oregonians
From today’s Portland Mercury: In late 2019, State Senator Michael Dembrow and his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee met with a group of incarcerated Oregonians presenting research on issues…
San Diego County: Janitorial Companies Must Protect Workers’ Rights or Lose Contracts
From today’s San Diego Union-Tribune: In a win for county office janitors whose labor dispute has pulled in the Board of Supervisors, San Diego County will ask its janitorial contractors…
Data Privacy Is Now a Must-Hit US State of the Union Topic
From today’s The Wire: THE EUROPEAN UNION’S General Data Protection Regulation, enacted in 2018, provides far-from-perfect data privacy protection, but it stands in stark contrast to the legislative dearth in…