Government
How Amy Coney Barrett’s Appointment Would Escalate the War on Workers
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A conversation with labor activist and legal scholar James Gray Pope.
Government
How Trump Is Privatizing the U.S. Immigration System
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The administration is allowing industries to directly control guest worker programs.
Government
New Report Spotlights Trump Administration’s Attacks on Workers, the Environment, and Jobs
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This report illustrates the many ways that Donald Trump is failing American workers, endangering the environment and our communities, and putting lives at risk”
Government
“Cover Up”: House Democrats Subpoena Documents That NLRB Refused to Share in Ethics Investigation
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A committee chair is ratcheting up a fight over an investigation into potential conflicts of interests in the NLRB’s repeated efforts to undo an Obama-era rule that expanded liability for corporations like McDonald’s.
Government
A Brief History of the U.S. Government’s Targeting of Left-Wing Immigrants
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“Throughout U.S. history, right-wing forces have used the denial of citizenship to restrict political dissent.”
Community
St. Paul Joins Call for Guaranteed Income for Struggling Residents
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Mayors from St. Paul and ten other U.S. cities want America to embrace the idea of providing direct cash payments to people struggling to get by
Government
‘Senate GOP’s move on Labor Commissioner a slap in the face to working Minnesotans’
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“There will be a reckoning on this,” Walz said.
Elections
COVID Crisis Prompts Changes for MN Primary
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Because of the health crisis, voters now have until Thursday, Aug. 13, to ensure their ballots been delivered by mail.
Investigative
How the Trump Administration Allowed Aviation Companies to Keep Relief Money That Was Supposed to Go to Workers
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One of the most generous programs of the bailout was meant to help airline industry companies keep their workers on the payroll. Some laid workers off first and then got the money anyway.
Government
In a New Report MIT School of Management Professor Recommends Sweeping Changes to Labor Law
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Study recommends creating mechanisms to strengthen worker voice and representation