Amazon to Pay $62 Million Fine for Withholding Tips From Delivery Drivers
From today’s New York Times: Amazon agreed on Tuesday to pay $62 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it withheld tips to delivery drivers over a…
U.S. voting rights activist Stacey Abrams nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
From today’s Reuter’s Online: U.S. voting rights activist and Democratic Party politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote nonviolent change…
Op-Ed: The Work-From-Home Employee Bill of Rights Outlined in Seven Articles
From today’s ComputerWorld Online: Remote work became the new normal quickly as COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns came into force in spring 2020, and it’s clear that after the pandemic recedes, remote…
Republicans considering more than 100 bills to restrict Americans’ voting rights
From today’s The Guardian Online: After an election filled with misinformation and lies about fraud, Republicans have doubled down with a surge of bills to further restrict voting access in…
CFPB, muzzled under Trump, prepares to renew tough industry oversight
From today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the watchdog created after the 2008 financial meltdown and largely muzzled in the Trump era, is poised to start barking again.…
Democrats Are Making Federal Election Standards a Top Priority Under Biden
From today’s Associated Press Online: Democrats plan to move quickly on one of the first bills of the new Congress, citing the need for federal election standards and other reforms…
Biden to sign executive orders boosting workers’ rights and pushing for $15 minimum wage for federal staff
From today’s Business Insider Online: President Joe Biden has planned a series of actions aimed at raising the minimum wage for federal staff to $15 and boosting workers’ rights, Brian…
United Airlines might require its employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine
From today’s New York Times: The chief executive of United Airlines told the company’s employees this week that the carrier — and other businesses — could make the coronavirus vaccine…
National nightmare now over as former president leaves office mired in scandal
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Democrats Push Voting-Rights Expansion With Fresh Urgency
From today’s New York Magazine: When the House passed the For the People Act, a package of voting, redistricting, and campaign-finance reforms, in March of 2019, it was a symbolic…