Can Someone Be Fired for Being Gay? The Supreme Court Will Decide
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court has delivered a remarkable series of victories to the gay rights movement over the last two decades, culminating in a ruling that…
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.…
Experts warn GM strike not likely to be resolved anytime soon
From NBC News Online: On this General Motors and the United Auto Workers agree — the strike that sent 50,000 workers out on the picket lines Monday is not likely…
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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…
Astronauts Celebrate Labor Day 2019 On International Space Station
From Space.com Online News: American astronauts on the International Space Station are starting this week with a day off today (Sept. 2) to mark the U.S. Labor Day holiday on…
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…
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The American Economy Is Creating a National Identity Crisis for Workers
From today’s New York Times: Europeans often describe the United States as a great place to buy stuff but a terrible place to work. They understand the appeal of our…
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…