Saturday, September 5, 2026

Tag: labor force

‘Becoming a green, sustainable society:’ Shorter work weeks is one of...

"This new paper from Autonomy is a thought experiment that should give policymakers, activists and campaigners more ballast to make the case that a Green New Deal is absolutely necessary."

Again, the US is a no-vacation nation

Nearly 1-in-4 Americans receive no paid vacation or holidays.

American workers are not happy

Americans clearly are working harder and longer and better. The solution is to change the system, which is stacked against workers.

Public workers’ trump card

The larger story is that public workers who lack any formal power to strike – but have the informal power not to work – are becoming a new force in American politics and labor relations.

Federal employees’ union sues Trump administration as 420,000 work without pay...

The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, says it’s illegal for federal workers to be forced to work without pay.

Why domestic workers are fighting like hell to stop Brett Kavanaugh

“Every day, I hear stories of working women just like me, stories full of pain, fear, silence and same.”

Americans work too much already

The Save American Workers Act would do nothing of the sort, but it would force many employees to log more hours.

The Morality of a $15 Minimum

A national movement is growing for a $15 an hour minimum wage rase—workers at fast-food and big-box retail establishments are striking for a raise. So when will corporate America start moving toward this goal?

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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.
Vehicle tailpipe emissions, the kind of pollution the disputed waivers regulate. Photo: DeFacto / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers

The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.
Madison Square Garden in New York. Photo: Rich Mitchell from New York, NY / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader

Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Jarek Tuszyński / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule

North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.
A cannabis plant. Photo: Cannabis Training University / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.