Friday, November 13, 2026
A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
The Melrose Gate at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles. Photo: Chris Brown (zoonabar) / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Union supporters hold signs at a rally.

NLRB accuses Rogers Behavioral Health of firing 6 over union drive

The complaint covers three clinicians fired in February and three in April; the NLRB certified the union on Oct. 19 and a hearing is set for December.
A gas station price board in Lewiston, Maine. Photo: Micov / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Joint Economic Committee Democrats put Trump’s 2026 oil and gas stock gains at up...

The same report totals $71.5 billion in extra gasoline spending since February 28, an average of $604 a family, and the White House says independent managers control the portfolio.
The Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. Photo: Another Believer / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy

The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
The US Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain)

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices

The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
The Frances Perkins Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Senate confirms Keith Sonderling as labor secretary, 47-41

The vote fell along party lines after a hearing in which Democrats questioned him over a rolled-back overtime rule; the seat had been empty since April.
The Whitney Museum of American Art on Gansevoort Street in New York. Photo: Jim Henderson

Whitney Museum union sets Monday strike deadline days before Lichtenstein retrospective

UAW Local 2110 is asking for a $71,000 salary floor, a figure drawn from a New York City cost of living report.
The Las Vegas Strip, where Culinary Union members work in hotels and casinos. Photo: Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0

Hundreds of Las Vegas Culinary Union members are protesting their own union over health...

Dissidents say the new clinic-based plan limits their choice of doctors, while leaders describe a small group spreading misinformation about a plan with no premiums, copays or deductibles.
Shoppers' prices at a grocery store. File photo. Photo: vofuth / CC BY 2.0

Paychecks aren’t going as far. More Americans say they trust Democrats to help.

A 19th and YouGov poll finds more Americans say their paychecks are not going as far, and more say they trust Democrats to help.