Legislation before the New York City Council would end Amazon’s subcontracting of delivery drivers. Jessica Schumer is the lead lobbyist against it.
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Frances Perkins: The Architect of Social Security
In her words, Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet secretary, ‘came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common workingmen.’
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Top Farmworker Fear Is Family Separation
A first-of-its-kind survey by the UFW Foundation quantifies the impact of Trump’s mass deportation campaign on farmworkers, the vast majority of whom are undocumented.
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Employers Stall Labor Contracts for Years. A New Bill Could Change That.
The Faster Labor Contracts Act, pending in the Senate, could compel employers to bargain with their unionized workers.
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Locked-Out Refinery Workers Say BP Is Trying to ‘Starve Us,’ Crush Union
In Whiting, Indiana, 800 workers have been locked out for four months, and they say the survival of their union is at stake.
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The Crisis of Care Work
The end of Temporary Protected Status and Trump’s budget cuts make a bad situation worse.
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How America Let Its Workers’ Compensation System Fail
If you’re injured on the job these days, you’re simply out of luck.
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A Great Economy Unless You Have to Work for a Living
The gap between investment income and work income has never been so glaring.
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After Industry Request, OSHA Moves to Roll Back Ladder Safety Regulation
There’s a simple way to prevent most workplace falls off ladders. Corporations don’t want to do it.
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The Dangerous Myth of Flexibility
Uber and Lyft insist it benefits their drivers. In actuality, it benefits Uber and Lyft.