Economy

The New York Times, citing seven people familiar, says the changes could end explicit fertility treatment coverage and widen religious exemptions.

Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural families out of poverty, according to IFAD.

About 100,000 SEIU Local 1000 members walked out for a day over pay, health costs and remote work, the union's first strike.

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor launch their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World on Democracy Now! It examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world,” even as they contribute to growing inequality, political instability and the climate crisis. The rise of modern-day fascism is “not simply a rerun,” explains Klein. “We don’t believe that history repeats on a loop. We believe that we’re in something more like a sequel, where the logics of fascism, which are the logics of dehumanization, of othering, of racial supremacy and hierarchy, are now being applied in a time of global existential crisis.” In response, says Taylor, the growing movement seeking to resist this fatalistic vision “fundamentally needs to be grounded in a desire to stay here on Earth, to commit to this place.

The board also certified the union at the West Allis clinic after rejecting the company's objections to the April election.

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.

AFGE Council 238 says the agency ended its 2024 agreement to stifle dissent, months after employees signed a letter against administration policies.

In one of the most remote towns in America, a group of teenagers is fighting to put an initiative on the November ballot that would raise the minimum wage for the largely Native population of Nome, Alaska.

Sanders calls the one-time 5% levy the most important ballot measure in the country as California votes on November 3

Without enforcement, collective bargaining agreements aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.