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Lawmakers Want to Dramatically Raise Fines on Labor Law Violators
A new congressional report outlines how weak fines for labor violations—even when workers are injured—encourage breaking the law.
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Workers Are Still Reeling After Baltimore’s Bridge Disaster. Will Anyone Listen?
After a container ship struck the Key Bridge and destroyed it, news coverage focused on the supply chain and the stock market. We spoke with the workers…
Poll: Alabama Strongly Supports Unionizing Mercedes Workers
We surveyed Alabama voters. The anti-union campaign by Gov. Kay Ivey and Mercedes-Benz is falling flat.
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BREAKING: The FTC Just Banned Noncompete Agreements
One in five American workers are restricted by noncompetes. We spoke exclusively to FTC Chair Lina Khan about the landmark rule.
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The Department of Labor Just Gave Millions of Workers Overtime Pay
If you make under $58,656, you will soon be entitled to overtime.
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Even Bankers Are Worried About Private Equity
“Is this the outcome we want?” Jamie Dimon asked. Plus our business news round-up.
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BREAKING: Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Win a Union, Making History
In a landslide vote, workers in Chattanooga have won the first U.S. union at a non-union car company in decades. The VW election could alter the auto…
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State Lawmakers Prepare to Force Fossil Fuel Companies to Pay for Climate Change
Vermont and California are moving to redirect the financial burden of climate change back to those who helped cause it.
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New Guidelines Could Warn Against Ultra-Processed Food. The Food Conglomerates Don’t Want That.
Plus our business round-up: trouble for the egg industry, and putting the historic East Palestine settlement in context.
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Hawaii Moves to Ban Short-Term Rentals to Address Housing Crisis
A state with one of the worst affordable housing shortages in the country is poised to severely limit Airbnb rentals.
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BREAKING: Mercedes Workers In Alabama Stand Up to Vote on a Union
For the second time in three weeks, workers at a major auto plant in the South have called for a union election amid UAW's historic organizing drive.
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The Energy Bills Are Too Damn High
Utility companies keep hiking rates. How long until there are political consequences?
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