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November 28, 2013
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney reminds us that many families are going hungry this Thanksgiving. Following Congress’ cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or foods stamps), which took effect on November 1, food banks continue to report increased demand. The New York Times has a powerful photo essay documenting the New Yorkers who […]

November 27, 2013
News & Commentary

Brad King

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases on whether the Affordable Care Act can mandate that corporations provide insurance coverage for contraceptives for their employees despite religious objections of the corporation’s owners. As Adam Liptak of the New York Times reports, the Third and Tenth Circuits have split on the issue. […]

November 26, 2013
News & Commentary

Jordan M. Grossman

The Washington Post reports on unprecedented levels of economic insecurity among American workers in a recent Washington Post-Miller Center poll. More than six in 10 workers worry that they will lose their jobs to the economy, the highest level in surveys dating to the 1970s, and “nearly one in three, 32 percent, say they worry ‘a lot’ about losing […]

November 25, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

In the Los Angeles Times, U.S. Representative Janice Hahn called on Americans to support truck drivers who move goods from the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. Last week, some truck drivers called a one-day strike to protest their working conditions. Representative Hahn explained that many of the drivers are improperly classified as “independent contractors” […]

November 24, 2013
News & Commentary

Kirsten Bass

The New York Times reports that union leader Eliseo Medina is on the 13th day of a water-only fast. Mr. Medina, the second highest official in his union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), began fasting to bring attention to immigrants’ rights, arguing that “unions should embrace unauthorized foreign workers, rather than shun them as job […]

November 22, 2013
News & Commentary

Scott Hochberg

Democrats are trying to renew a measure that extends unemployment benefits to the jobless, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act was first passed during the recession in 2008 and has been renewed every year since. Democrats claim that if the program is not renewed, “roughly 1.3 million Americans searching for […]

November 21, 2013
News & Commentary

Nikolas Bowie

Thousands of workers at several University of California campuses led a one-day labor strike Wednesday, the L.A. Times reports. The walkout affected medical centers, libraries, cafeterias, and campuses from Irvine to San Francisco. A spokesman for AFSCME Local 3299, which represents 22,000 UC employees, told reporters that the walkout was in protest of unfair labor […]

November 20, 2013
News & Commentary

Brett M. Kalikow

A post on the New York Times Economix blog evaluates the claims made in a New York Post article entitled “Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report.” The Times blog argues that the article’s allegations “don’t add up.” Among other rejoinders, the Times notes that allegations involving a group of employees altering the survey numbers in […]

November 19, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

Walmart is facing challenges on multiple fronts today, Salon reports. Most notably, the National Labor Relations Board has stated that it is ready to issue a complaint against the retail giant for threats and retaliation against striking workers during last year’s Black Friday strikes. The Board is waiting to issue the complaint in order to give […]

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