Trump Takes ‘Wrecking Ball’ To Workers’ Rights
From today’s The Guardian: Workers’ rights across every continent in the world are in a “freefall”, according to the 2025 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union Confederation,…
Consumers Are Financing Their Groceries. What Does It Say About the Economy?
From today’s New York Times: For some American consumers, “buy now, pay later” loans aren’t just for big-ticket items like televisions and vacations. They’re for groceries, too. When Tia Hodge…
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…
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…
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…