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It’s Time to Strike! This Could Be the Last Stand for American Workers

September 9, 2020 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Labor Day hit with an extra knife-twist of cruel irony this year, in an America that is barely trying to pretend anymore that the plight…

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When Your Employer Doesn’t Respect Your Family Commitments

September 2, 2020 Editor

From today’s Harvard Business Review: When trying to balance your work and family commitments, it helps to have a boss who is understanding and supportive: someone who doesn’t raise an…

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Instacart shoppers face unforgiving metrics: ‘It’s a very easy job to lose’

August 27, 2020 Editor

From today’s Los Angeles Times: Five days a week, Ryan Hartson scours the picked-over aisles of Mariano’s Fresh Market in Chicago to fill grocery delivery orders for Instacart. He clocks…

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Why Work From Home When You Can Work From Barbados or Estonia?

August 19, 2020 Editor

From today’s New York Times: When Lamin Ngobeh, a high-school teacher at the Freire Charter School in Wilmington, Del., saw a social media post last month about working remotely in…

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Uber likely to shut down in California for over a year if new ruling not overturned

August 13, 2020 Editor

From today’s NBC News Online: In new court filings Wednesday, a top Uber official said the company would “almost certainly need to shut down” ride services in California for “likely…

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California lawmakers ask Newsom to act immediately on unemployment claims

August 5, 2020 Editor

From Los Angeles Times: More than half the members of the California Legislature called on Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday to immediately begin paying unemployment benefits to many of the…

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Coronavirus relief talks restart as jobless aid divides GOP and Democrats

August 3, 2020 Editor

From today’s CNBC News Online: Democrats and Trump administration officials will sit down again Monday afternoon to try to hammer out an elusive deal on a fifth coronavirus aid bill.…

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Senate GOP, White House propose cuts to unemployment relief checks

July 28, 2020 Editor

From today’s ABC News Online: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a new coronavirus relief plan on the Senate floor after Senate Republican leaders and the White House appear to…

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McConnell says stimulus deal may take ‘a few weeks,’ putting millions with expiring jobless aid in limbo

July 24, 2020 Editor

From today’s Washington Post: With days to go before enhanced jobless benefits expire, the White House and Senate Republicans are struggling to design a way to scale back the program…

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Mnuchin says plan for unemployment extension will be based on 70% wage replacement

July 23, 2020 Editor

From today’s CNBC News Online: The Republican coronavirus relief plan will extend enhanced unemployment insurance “based on approximately 70% wage replacement,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday. The Treasury secretary…