Some state and local leaders are trying to recruit suddenly jobless U.S. government employees.
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The Southern Women Handling 1-800-MEDICARE Calls Still Want a Union
Federal call center workers continue their fight after the Biden administration dialed back support for it.
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Fighting Wage Theft From the Ground Up
Localities and worker centers are joining forces to drive back employers who siphon off their employees’ hard-earned dollars.
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Undocumented Workers Prepare to Clean Up L.A.’s Fires Amid ICE Raids
As fear mounts, day laborers risk arrest to help the city rebuild and support their families.
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The Federal Employee Red Wedding
This is not about who’s been fired, but who’s still working in the government.
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King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
Before Elon Musk can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball.
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The Musk-Bezos War on Collective Bargaining
When Biden’s NLRB began to restore workers’ rights, the world’s richest men moved to shut down the NLRB altogether.
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Vulnerable Federal Contractors Protest Terminations at USAID
The federal government relies on millions of contract workers who have minimal job protections.
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The ‘Pro-Worker’ Portable Benefits Scam
Big Tech app companies want to evade employment law, and they’re hoping Republicans will help.
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Probationary Federal Employees Targeted for Mass Purge
As many as 200,000 federal employees with weaker civil service protections could be let go. But they are supposed to only be fired for poor performance.
