Parallels to the 1980s for US Workers
Columbia University's Kim Phillips-Fein on what history tells us about the outlook for workers and labor regulations.
US Labor Department reinstates workers targeted in Trump job cuts, union says
The U.S. Department of Labor has reinstated about 120 employees who were facing termination as part of the Trump ...
To Investigate Labor Abuse, We Began With a Question: Who Profits?
Housekeepers from East Africa suffer beatings, starvation and sexual assault in Saudi Arabia. Here’s what else we learned ...
Two Judges in Mass Firings Cases Order Trump to Rehire Fired Probationary Workers
Judges in San Francisco and Baltimore separately found legal problems with the way the mass terminations were carried out.
Gig Companies are backing Trump’s Labor Secretary nominee. Here’s what that means for workers
Flex, the lobbying group backed by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash, is supporting Trump’s nominees to lead the Labor Department, ...
More than 13,000 federal workers, contractors apply for unemployment in the DMV
More than 13,000 federal workers and contractors are out of work and have applied for unemployment in the DMV after DOGE cuts ...
ATI workers reject new six-year labor deal
Unionized workers of ATI, including those at Lockport’s Specialty Rolled Products facility on Ohio Street, rejected a new six-year labor agreement this past Monday. The company and the United ...
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The Labor Market: Worker Perception and Economic Health
Workers and economists interact with the labor market in quite different ways. This contrast can lead to misunderstandings, at best, and distrust of the data at worst. Neither macroeconomic ...
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Bill ending subminimum wages for disabled workers falters in Minnesota State Senate
ST. PAUL ( Minnesota Reformer) – A bill backed by Gov. Tim Walz to phase out subminimum wages for disabled workers by 2028 ...