5 questions about labor strikes that you were too embarrassed to ask
From today’s Vox News Online: Nearly 1,000 Amazon employees are walking out of work. More than 45,000 GM auto workers are on strike for the fifth day in a row.…
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Opinion: You Call It the Gig Economy, but California Calls It “Feudalism”
From today’s New York Times: Labor leaders cheered in the balcony and lawmakers embraced on the floor of the California Senate on Tuesday as it passed a landmark measure that…
Sweeping bill rewriting California employment law sent to Gov. Newsom
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California lawmakers rewrote the rules of employment across a wide swath of industries Wednesday in legislation that could grant hundreds of thousands of workers new…
A California bill that would ban forced arbitration heads to Gov. Newsom
From today’s Los Angeles Times: When companies in California tell job candidates they have to give up their right to sue the company for most disputes, a bill headed to…
We Talked to the Lawyer Fighting for the Right to Be Trans at Work
From today’s Vice Media: At this point, many Americans are familiar with what happened to Aimee Stephens: For years, she was a valued employee at a funeral home. Then, in…
State of the Unions: What happened to America’s labor movement?
From today’s New Yorker Magazine: Do you have rights at work? Franklin Delano Roosevelt thought you did. In 1936, while trying to haul America’s economy out of the bog that…
Groups slam new Trump rule allowing federal contractors to bar LGBT workers
From today’s CBS News Online: In its latest rollback of key safeguards for LGBTQ civil rights, the Trump administration intends to remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people by adding religious…
What to Do at Work When You Feel Uninspired
From today’s New York Times: It’s an inevitable part of having a job: At some point we all feel a little uninspired. Maybe you’re not crazy about a new project,…
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Yes, America Is Rigged Against Workers
From today’s New York Times: The United States is the only advanced industrial nation that doesn’t have national laws guaranteeing paid maternity leave. It is also the only advanced economy…
There is a national movement to decriminalize sex work, explained
From today’s Vox News Online: “Everybody has sex,” says Tamika Spellman. “The only difference is that we charge for it.” Spellman has been a sex worker in Washington, DC, for…