Walmart CEO to shareholders: America’s minimum wage is ‘too low’
From today’s CNN News Online: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon thinks the federal minimum wage is “too low.” Now the head of the country’s largest private employer is calling on Congress…
Clarence Thomas Voted With Liberals in a Big Consumer Rights Case. Why?
From today’s Slate Magazine: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a surprising 5–4 decision in Home Depot v. Jacksonthat progressive advocates view as a win for consumers and class actions.…
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question
From today’s New York Times: Thomas B. Hofeller achieved near-mythic status in the Republican Party as the Michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political maps that cemented the party’s…
Many Adults Would Struggle to Find $400 in an emergency, the Fed Finds
From today’s New York Times: Four in 10 American adults wouldn’t be able to cover an unexpected $400 expense with cash, savings or a credit-card charge that could be quickly…
Walmart workers invite Sen. Sanders to crash the company’s annual meeting
From today’s Washington Post: For years, Walmart workers have attended the company’s annual shareholders meeting to call for higher wages, better benefits and more predictable schedules. This year they’ll have…
Abrams: We Cannot Resign Ourselves to Dismay and Disenfranchisement
From today’s New York Times: In the mid-1960s, when my father was a teenager, he was arrested. His crime? Registering black voters in Mississippi. He and my mother had joined…
Uber drivers are contractors, not employees, U.S. labor agency says
From today’s Reuters News Service: Drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc are independent contractors and not employees, the general counsel of a U.S. labor agency has concluded, in an…
Workers, Should You Tell the World How Much Money You Make?
From today’s New York Times: There are many questions Alison Green is asked as a columnist who writes about workplace issues. There was the woman who wanted to know if…
Felon voting bill goes to Florida governor’s desk amid outcry
From today’s Associated Press News Wire: Florida felons will have to pay court-ordered financial obligations if they want their voting rights restored under a bill sent to Republican Gov. Ron…
Google workers want to end mandatory arbitration—Here’s why this matters
From today’s Washington Post: Employees at Google recently organized a phone drive to lobby Congress to end the practice of mandatory or forced arbitration, in which an arbitrator — typically…