Sunday, May 25, 2025

Tag: workers rights

Unionized judges and public defenders demand due process for immigrants

Long-lasting change, especially under the Trump administration, will require mass mobilization, publicity, workplace action, and an unwavering commitment to due process for all immigrants, regardless of past criminal backgrounds who also are entitled to due process.

Who wants to join a union? A growing number of Americans

Unions and these new forms of advocacy can’t get workers the voice they expect on their jobs until U.S. labor laws become stronger.

Kavanaugh’s disdain for workers disqualifies him

Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court would pose an extreme risk to workers.

Trump betrays workers – again and again and again

Despite all the posturing, this is an administration and Congress beholden to deep-pocket donors and entrenched corporate interests, that is acting relentlessly and systematically to undermine working people.

Exposed: Undercover reporter at Amazon warehouse found abusive conditions & no...

Journalist James Bloodworth spent a month working undercover as a “picker” in an Amazon order fulfillment center and unveils abusive conditions.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 4

Day one of Kavanaugh proceedings, 87 elephants found dead due to poaching, environmentalists don't vote in elections, and more.

New report outlines Trump’s actual work agenda: ‘Drop dead’

"Trump has betrayed America's workforce, sacrificing lives at the altar of industry profits."

There’s a way to make corporations work for workers, too

Citizens have the right, and arguably the responsibility, to change the rules under which corporations operate.

The roadblock to common sense pension reform

Vote for legislators who want to allow workers to save for retirement and against legislators who are shills for the financial sector.

Collective action is key to keeping labor strong

As long as workers band together, they can make concrete improvements in their working conditions.

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Hundreds dead from hunger in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to empty the strip

As children die from hunger and medicine shortages, global outrage mounts over what critics call a campaign of extermination in Gaza, enabled by U.S. policy and a vision of forced displacement.

The country Trump seems dead set on imitating

The Trump administration has begun offering wealthy foreigners the chance to emigrate to the U.S. if they fork over $5 million for a so-called gold card—an alternative to the “green card.”

Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ slashes healthcare and food aid while delivering massive tax cuts...

New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.

Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands

DOGE cuts are killing Americans.

Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants

Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.