As L.A. ports automate, some workers are cheering on the robots
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Day after day, Walter Diaz, an immigrant truck driver from El Salvador, steers his 18-wheeler toward the giant ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.…
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For 53 million Americans stuck in low-wage jobs, the road out is hard
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Unemployment is hovering near a five-decade low, workforce participation is at the highest level in six years and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell recently…
5-Hour Workdays? 4-Day Workweeks? Yes, Please
From today’s New York Times: A German entrepreneur named Lasse Rheingans has become a subject of attention since The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a novel idea he has…
Early UAW votes on ending the GM strike are a mixed bag
From today’s CNN Online: Nearly 50,000 General Motors employees are in the process of voting on a tentative labor deal that could end their five-week strike. The early results are…
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NLRB HAS ‘SYSTEMATICALLY’ DAMAGED WORKER RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF LOBBYISTS, REPORT SAYS
From today‘s Newsweek: President Donald Trump’s National Labor Relations Board has catered to the requests of a prominent business lobbying group and “systematically” eroded workers’ rights, according to a report…
Chicago Teachers Go On Strike, Capping Years Of Social Justice Activism
From today’s NPR News Online: For the second time in seven years, Chicago Public Schools teachers will be on strike starting Thursday, walking out of class, they say, in the…
After 30 days on strike, GM-UAW talks suddenly face a deadline
From today’s Detroit Free Press: The clock is ticking for General Motors executives to reach a proposed tentative agreement with the UAW, people close to the talks said Tuesday. The…
Wage inequality is surging in California, and not just on the coast. Here’s why
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Wage inequality has risen more in California cities than in the metropolitan areas of any other state, with seven of the nation’s 15 most unequal…
Trump Appointee Gorsuch Plays Coy In LGBTQ Employment Rights Case
From today’s NPR News Online: The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy loomed large over arguments at the court Tuesday in a set of cases testing whether employers are…
CA passes bill allowing college athletes to profit from endorsements
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California became the first state to require major financial reforms in college athletics on Monday after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure that…