Trump’s Labor Pick Kept Workers in Pain
The President has had poor luck with labor secretaries, and now he is poised to nominate Eugene Scalia, whose anti-regulatory advocacy two decades ago helped fuel today’s opioid epidemic. That’s not...
View ArticleImmigrant Worker Deportations Hurt Us All
Aggressive immigration law enforcement obstructs the protection of all workers, documented and undocumented alike. In November, Democratic lawmakers reintroduced legislation meant to protect them.
View ArticleRaising the Minimum Wage Can Save Lives
A new study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests a relatively simple way to reduce the number of people who take their own lives: raise the minimum wage.
View ArticleBus Drivers Need Better Protection
This nation’s bus drivers are essential workers. We need rules to protect them.
View ArticleThe Fight for Workplace Safety
When the Department of Labor failed to regulate employers, essential workers made workplace safety a priority.
View ArticleEssential Workers Need Better Safety Net
Essential workers — often low-wage, and disproportionately Black, brown, and immigrants — have been far more likely to contract the virus than those who’ve stayed home.
View ArticleOSHA is Failing to Protect Workers
It’s OSHA’s responsibility to make sure their employer protects them.
View ArticleTrump Has Consistently Harmed Workers
In what may be its final months, the Trump administration is ratcheting up efforts to undermine worker protections.
View ArticleListen to Workers on COVID-19
When workplaces become coronavirus hotspots, the virus spreads to our neighborhoods and communities.
View ArticleGig Drivers Deserve Workplace Rights
These gig-economy goliaths are hell-bent on making sure their workers are considered independent contractors and not employees.
View ArticleBe Wary of Religious Objections to Vaccines
Leaders of faiths have either issued policy statements against religious exemptions, or have encouraged their followers to get the shot.
View ArticleCourt Delivers Blow to Worker Safety
COVID-19 calls for a concerted national response; tossing worker safety back to the states is anything but.
View ArticleWorkers’ Voices Just Got Stronger—Thanks to DHS
Since day two of his administration, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has made clear that undocumented workers aren’t in his agency’s cross-hairs.
View ArticleGetting Workers’ Rights Right
A new Department of Labor law clarifies who counts as an "employee," steering us on the right path for all workers' rights, writes Rutgers University's Michael Felsen.
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