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A proposed Republican bill to loosen child labor laws in Florida is part of a national trend aimed at repealing or weakening workplace protections for…
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Are We Seeing a Revival of Union Power?
October 6, 2023
Over the past few months, the United States has seemingly entered a new era for American unions. After decades of decline, major American unions —…
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Democrats already working to resolve labor strife in Detroit and Hollywood are now contending with another show of force — the largest U.S. health care…
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Detroit Today: Exploring the labor movement’s recent successes
October 5, 2023
The labor movement is having a big moment in the U.S., with multiple efforts underway by union leaders across various industries to negotiate better contracts…
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Why the childcare industry isn’t unionized
October 5, 2023
In the summer of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, about 45,000 home-based childcare workers across California voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming Child…
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How Hollywood writers set a new standard for AI protections
October 4, 2023
A tentative agreement between Hollywood writers and film studios could set a precedent for protecting workers from being replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). After a…
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Trump faces obstacles in claiming selective prosecution in documents case, experts say
October 4, 2023
Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys have signaled that they are planning to allege their client is the victim of selective prosecution, a procedural defense that…
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Ohio’s consumer advocate has accused the nation’s largest power grid operator and four utilities of allowing billions of dollars in transmission projects to be charged…
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Retired Federal Judge Nancy Gertner and legal scholar Larry Tribe discussed the latest Trump news on Boston Public Radio, and weighed in on whether the…
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Don’t Blame California for New Corporate Climate Rules
October 3, 2023
For big companies, doing business without tracking climate risks is increasingly like steering a luxury liner through the North Atlantic without watching for icebergs. The…
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Will Trump’s “sham” talk go unchecked?
October 3, 2023
While former President Donald Trump appeared fairly calm in a Lower Manhattan courtroom on Monday during the first day of his civil fraud trial, outside…
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Dallas Oosterhof worked at Didion Milling in Cambria, Wisconsin, for 25 years until May 2017, when he was working late finishing paperwork and the mill…
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Making Putin Pay for Ukraine’s Defense
October 2, 2023
Russia is spending an estimated $1.3 billion each week to conquer Ukraine. In Ukraine’s draft 2024 budget, more than half of all government spending is…
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‘They’re back to making millions’: workers accuse US mill where five died in blast
September 29, 2023
… A corn processing company, Didion Milling is currently facing over $2.5m in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Osha) fines related to workplace deaths and…
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Judge Affirms Pay Raise for Food Delivery Workers in New York
September 29, 2023
A judge on Thursday said New York City regulators could move forward and raise minimum wages for app-based food delivery workers, ruling against three delivery…
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Trump has “masterfully” crafted a narrative where he’s the “victim of biased prosecutions”: expert
September 29, 2023
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case has declined to recuse herself, dismissing an attempt by the former president’s legal team…
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Can Blockchain Turbocharge Fan Fiction And Protect Authors From AI’s Threat?
September 28, 2023
The internet gave fanfiction a shot in the arm, making it easy for writers and readers to find each other and obsess over their favorite…
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How ‘strike culture’ took hold in the US in 2023
September 28, 2023
On 14 September, when members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union walked off the job at three Midwest auto factories owned by General Motors,…
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Newman Sanction Renews Debate Over Aging Judges’ Lifetime Tenure
September 28, 2023
The recent sanction and suspension of Pauline Newman, the nation’s oldest active federal judge, reignited a debate over whether there should be changes to the…
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The President Pickets
September 27, 2023
Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers…
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California’s gift to Gensler’s SEC
September 27, 2023
California played its hand on compelling companies to come clean on carbon emissions. Now it’s up to the Securities and Exchange Commission to decide whether…