March Of The Cobots: The Technology Lowering The Barrier To Automation
From today’s Financial Times: Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach…
Trump Is Turning CFPB Against Consumer Rights
From today’s New York Times: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is turning into the Corporate Financial Protection Bureau. President Trump’s C.F.P.B. has not only ceased to pursue its mandate; it…
Court Permits Trump’s Plan To End Unions For Many Federal Workers
From today’s CNBC News: A federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the…
Justice Department Switches Focus From Voting Rights to Trump’s Misinformation Agenda
From today’s The Detroit News: The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred…
Los Angeles County Union Workers Go On Three-Day Strike
From today’s CBS News: Los Angeles County union members were out overnight continuing their strike after failed contract negotiations had not reached a solution. A crowd of workers left around…
Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order Stripping Federal Workers of Unions
From today’s Politico: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to rescind collective bargaining rights from employees at nearly a dozen government agencies and departments. The order…
Advocates Rally, Urging LCMC Health to Finalize Contract and Support Workers’ Rights
From today’s Big Easy Magazine: As negotiations between LCMC Health and NOLA Nurses United continue, nurses, patients, and community allies will rally outside University Medical Center (UMC) on Tuesday, April…
Supreme Court Pauses Injunction Against Trump Firing Thousands of Federal Workers
From today’s NPR News: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration’s firing of 16,000 probationary federal employees to go forward, at least for now. Without addressing the…
Congresswoman Aims To Protect Labor Rights of Department of Defense Educators
From today’s Tacoma Weekly: US Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02) led 44 bipartisan members of Congress in urging the Secretary of Defense to protect the collective bargaining rights of educators and…
Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun?
From today’s New York Times: When Starbucks announced last month that it was laying off more than 1,000 corporate employees, it highlighted a disturbing trend for white-collar workers: Over the…