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…
SCOTUS Confronts New Challenge To Voting Rights Act In Louisiana
From today’s NPR News: Race and politics were front and center at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday as the justices took up a voting rights case involving Louisiana’s congressional…
Why Return-To-Office Push Is Stronger Than Ever
From today’s CNBC News: he Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new way of working remotely, but even companies that initially championed the model are changing their tune. In recent months,…
Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life
From today’s New York Times: At the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, faint shadows above the entrance are all that remain of the letters that once spelled the…
Thousands of Fired Federal Workers Must Be Reinstated, Judge Rules
From today’s NPR News: Thousands of federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement within the next week, a U.S. district judge in San Francisco has…