G.M. to Idle Plants, Cutting Thousands of Jobs in North America as Sales Slow
From today’s New York Times: General Motors announced Monday that it planned to idle five factories in North America and cut roughly 14,000 jobs in a bid to trim costs.…
The Old Rules of the Workplace Aren’t Working. At Least Not for Women.
From today’s New York Times: Despite clear gains by women in so many aspects of society over the decades, their progress in the workplace seems to have stalled. It is…
Disneyland reaches a tentative contract settlement with workers, ending a heated battle that lasted months
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Walt Disney Co. reached a tentative settlement Monday with four unions at the Disneyland Resort, putting an end to a contentious dispute that attracted the…
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Democrats’ Next Big Thing: Government-Guaranteed Jobs
From today’s New York Times: Prominent Democrats — stung by their eroding support from working-class voters but buoyed by the deficit-be-damned approach of ruling Republicans — are embracing a big…
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SCOTUS Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that companies can use arbitration clauses in employment contracts to prohibit workers from banding together to take legal action…
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Massive UC workers’ strike disrupts dining, classes and medical services
From today’s Los Angeles Times: A massive labor strike across the University of California on Monday forced medical centers to reschedule more than 12,000 surgeries, cancer treatments and appointments, and…
Striking teachers in Arizona win 19 percent raise and end walkout
From today’s Los Angeles Times: The Arizona governor signed a plan Thursday to give striking teachers a 19% pay raise, ending their five-day walkout after a dramatic all-night legislative session…
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Public Servants Are Losing Their Foothold in the Middle Class
From today’s New York Times: The anxiety and seething anger that followed the disappearance of middle-income jobs in factory towns has helped reshape the American political map and topple longstanding…
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Teachers’ strikes: meet the leaders of the movement marching across America
From today’s The Guardian: When teachers in West Virginia went on strike in February, there was little indication that a swath of other states would follow suit. But that action…
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Without no pay raise in years, Oklahoma Teachers Could Be the Next to Walk
From today’s New York Times: When she woke up one morning last week, Tiffany Bell, a teacher at Hamilton Elementary School here, had $35 in her bank account. On take-home…