On a national level, the U.S. offers few legal protections for its workers. The federal minimum wage has remained $7.25 per hour since 2009, for example, and, though there is federal protection for ...

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The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Black workers will feel it first. But if history is any guide, none of us will be spared.

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has scrapped its nationwide enforcement plan two years early and replaced it with a set of priorities mirroring President Donald Trump's agenda, ...

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) adoption of a new global treaty for decent working conditions in the gig ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Beatrice Lumpkin, then 104, at a rally for striking Starbucks workers. Roberta Wood / People’s World Share Beatrice Lumpkin wasn’t just liberal, or left-leaning, ...

Much of the Trump-Vance campaign’s platform was designed to provoke outrage rather than to supply policy details. So, if you’re trying to figure out what to actually expect from the coming second ...