Southwest To Charge for Checked Bags, Ending Popular Policy
From today’s New York Times: Southwest Airlines on Tuesday said it would start charging for checked bags, ending another longtime policy that had set it apart from other airlines as…
Montana Fire Fighters Block Efforts To Repeal Workers’ Rights
From today’s International Association of Firefighters: After a tough fight in the Montana State Senate, two bills attempting to strip fire fighters and other public employees of important labor protection…
Trump’s Pro-Union Pick for Labor Secretary Appears at Confirmation Hearing
From today’s CBS News: Former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s nominee to run the Labor Department, appeared before a Senate committee for her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, where she…
Trump May Continue Mass Firings Despite Disruption and Chaos, US Judge Rules
From today’s Reuters: The Trump administration can continue its mass firings of federal employees for now, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting a bid by a group of labor…
Americans’ Personal Data In Danger As Musk Takes Over Government
From today’s New York Times: Last week, Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, sought to reassure Democrats on Capitol Hill about the presence of two of…
With Mass Layoffs Expected, Judge May Block Dismantling of Consumer Watchdog Agency
From today’s ABC News: After the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) fired its probationary workers as part of the Trump administration’s government-wide layoffs Thursday, the agency moved on to fire…
Workers At Philadelphia Whole Foods Form First Union
From today’s CNN Business: Workers at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods store voted on Monday to unionize, forming the first union in the organic grocery chain owned by Amazon. A majority…
CEOs and President Trump Want Workers Back in the Office
From today’s New York Times: Five years since the pandemic began, workers have grown accustomed to a script. Their bosses make return-to-office plans, which then get shelved. And then shelved…
I Work at the FTC. I Know What Is Killing Local Groceries.
From today’s New York Times: Swaths of America have been hollowed out. Some people look at boarded-up shops in small towns and some urban centers and think: They just couldn’t…
Court Rules Starbucks Illegally Fired Workers Organizing Union
From today’s The Guardian: A federal appeals court has largely rejected Starbucks’ appeal of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finding that the coffee chain illegally fired two Philadelphia baristas…