MLK’s Final Speech on #WorkRights during Memphis sanitation strike
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968, the day before he was…
Thousands of Furloughed Federal Workers File for Unemployment Benefits
From today’s New York Times: On the second day of the year, Danielle Miller gave up on the federal government. Furloughed from her Internal Revenue Service job near Cincinnati and…
New York legislature passes major overhaul of outdated voting laws
From today’s edition of The Hill: New York’s state legislature on Monday passed a package of election and voting reform measures aimed at overhauling one of the most restrictive regimes…
First teachers’ strike in 30 years leaves half a million L.A. students in limbo
From today’s Los Angeles Times: With umbrellas in one hand and picket signs in the other, Los Angeles teachers braved cold, drizzly weather Monday morning as they walked off the…
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Interactive Map: Government Shutdown Is Affecting Federal Workers in All States
From today’s New York Times: About 800,000 federal workers are furloughed or working without pay across the country because of the government shutdown, many of them concentrated in the West.…
No agreement to avert L.A. teachers’ strike after a long day of bargaining
From today’s Los Angeles Times: A last-ditch bargaining effort to avert a Los Angeles teachers’ strike fell short Monday, although the two sides have agreed to meet again on Wednesday…
Pence and Cabinet Members Are Due a Raise, as Federal Workers Go Unpaid
From today’s New York Times Vice President Mike Pence, members of the cabinet and other high-ranking political appointees in the Trump administration are positioned to receive a pay bump of…
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L.A. teachers set to strike Jan. 10. Union says it has no plans for more negotiating
From today’s Los Angeles Times: A labor agreement is not the only thing dividing the Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers. One missing element crucial to coming together…
Senate votes to overturn Trump’s IRS disclosure rule allowing “dark money”
From today’s Politico Online: The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to reverse a Trump administration policy limiting donor disclosure requirements for political nonprofits in a rare rebuke to the White House.…
First Wisconsin, now Michigan GOP moves to strip Democrats’ power
From today’s MSNBC News: Republicans who control Michigan’s Legislature voted Wednesday to advance a measure that strips campaign-finance oversight power from the Democratic secretary of state-elect, and they were poised…