Today’s News & Commentary—January 7, 2021
A shameful attack on American democracy dominated the headlines yesterday, as hundreds of right-wing protesters-turned-rioters, incited by President Trump, stormed the U.S. Capitol Building in an effort to prevent lawmakers from certifying the results of the 2020...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 6, 2021
All eyes are on the Georgia Senate run-off race. Democrat Raphael Warnock won his race against Republican Kelly Loeffler. The race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue remains close. The nationwide rollout of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is...
Today’s News & Commentary — January 5, 2021
A rare move within the tech industry, a group of more than 400 Google works have unionized. The Alphabet Workers Union, affiliated with the CWA, formed as a minority union with the goal of structuring activism at Google. The unionization move comes after years of...
Today’s News & Commentary — January 4th, 2021
The president-elect is due to be inaugurated in just over two weeks. But for all that was putatively decided by Joe Biden's election, the fate of this country and its people remain suspended in haunting precarity. Months of Congressional 'deliberation' now climaxes...
Happy Holidays From OnLabor!
Here at OnLabor, we believe that all workers deserve time off — so we’ll be taking some time off ourselves over the holidays, and pausing our daily News & Commentary posts for the next week. Our first post of the new year will be on January 4th. In the...
News & Commentary—December 23, 2020
Record numbers of holiday shoppers are doing their gift buying online this year. This is placing enormous stress on warehouse workers employed by online retailers like Amazon and Target, who report unsafe conditions as they pack into indoor warehouses and struggle...
Today’s News & Commentary — December 22, 2020
As vaccine rollout begins, companies and industry groups have begun aggressively lobbying states to give their workers priority after health care workers and nursing home residents. Since each state has discretion regarding who will receive the second round of...
Today’s News & Commentary – Monday, December 21, 2020
After a brief stalemate regarding the Fed's use of emergency powers was resolved in favor of requiring Congressional sign-off on Fed lending, Congress reached allegedly reached agreement Sunday on a $900 billion stimulus package, the first federal relief since...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 7, 2021
A shameful attack on American democracy dominated the headlines yesterday, as hundreds of right-wing protesters-turned-rioters, incited by President Trump, stormed the U.S. Capitol Building in an effort to prevent lawmakers from certifying the results of the 2020...
Today’s News & Commentary—January 6, 2021
All eyes are on the Georgia Senate run-off race. Democrat Raphael Warnock won his race against Republican Kelly Loeffler. The race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue remains close. The nationwide rollout of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is...
Today’s News & Commentary — January 5, 2021
A rare move within the tech industry, a group of more than 400 Google works have unionized. The Alphabet Workers Union, affiliated with the CWA, formed as a minority union with the goal of structuring activism at Google. The unionization move comes after years of...
Today’s News & Commentary — January 4th, 2021
The president-elect is due to be inaugurated in just over two weeks. But for all that was putatively decided by Joe Biden's election, the fate of this country and its people remain suspended in haunting precarity. Months of Congressional 'deliberation' now climaxes...
Happy Holidays From OnLabor!
Here at OnLabor, we believe that all workers deserve time off — so we’ll be taking some time off ourselves over the holidays, and pausing our daily News & Commentary posts for the next week. Our first post of the new year will be on January 4th. In the...
News & Commentary—December 23, 2020
Record numbers of holiday shoppers are doing their gift buying online this year. This is placing enormous stress on warehouse workers employed by online retailers like Amazon and Target, who report unsafe conditions as they pack into indoor warehouses and struggle...
Today’s News & Commentary — December 22, 2020
As vaccine rollout begins, companies and industry groups have begun aggressively lobbying states to give their workers priority after health care workers and nursing home residents. Since each state has discretion regarding who will receive the second round of...
Today’s News & Commentary – Monday, December 21, 2020
After a brief stalemate regarding the Fed's use of emergency powers was resolved in favor of requiring Congressional sign-off on Fed lending, Congress reached allegedly reached agreement Sunday on a $900 billion stimulus package, the first federal relief since...
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