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SCOTUS conservatives set to strike down union fees on free-speech grounds

February 8, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Paying union dues and baking a wedding cake may not seem like classic examples of free speech—except perhaps at the Supreme Court. This year, the high…

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Market Update: Why Rising Wages Are Scaring the Hell Out of Stock Investors

February 6, 2018 Editor

From today’s Slate Magazine: On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor released a strong jobs report showing wages rising at their fastest rate since the Great Recession. Then, the stock…

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Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway team up to lower healthcare costs for their workers — and maybe everyone

January 31, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Three of the nation’s most formidable companies — Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. — sent shock waves through the healthcare industry Tuesday…

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Why Being Unproductive Saves a Career

January 25, 2018 Editor

From the New York Times: Debra Suh had been a leader in domestic violence prevention for 16 years when she hit a breaking point about a decade ago. Balancing her…

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Salaried or Hourly? The Gaps in Family Friendly Policies Begin to Close

January 24, 2018 Editor

From the New York Times: More large companies like Starbucks and Walmart are starting to see the value in paid leave and other benefits for parents, including hourly workers, though…

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Thorny Logistics Of A Federal Shutdown and How It Affects Agency Employees

January 22, 2018 Editor

From National Public Radio: Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will either be sent home or have been told to not show up to work at all on Monday, as…

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LA Times journalists vote to unionize

January 20, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Journalists at the Los Angeles Times have overwhelmingly elected to form a union, a first for the 136-year-old news organization that for much of its history…

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Individual Mandate Now Gone, G.O.P. Targets the One for Employers

January 18, 2018 Editor

From the New York Times: Having wiped out the requirement for people to have health insurance, Republicans in Congress are taking aim at a new target: the mandate in the…

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Op-Ed: Should we set up New Deal-style work camps for the needy?

January 18, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: They are sending out emergency calls for shoes, underwear, sleeping garments, household equipment, mattresses, springs and bedding,” a Los Angeles Times story reported from Southern California.…

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MLK Day 2018, A Time to Reflect on Socio-Economic Injustice In All Forms

January 15, 2018 Editor

In honor of MLK Day, we post a short educational video here with excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Baldwin that draw the connection between racial injustice and…