May 16th 2022
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The continued shortage of rapid antigen tests and PCR test appointments is hitting people who cannot work remotely especially hard, NPR-affiliate KQED reports. Many are put in an impossible situation: find a test or give up a paycheck you can’t afford to miss. And,...
The Gig Workers Collective is calling on customers to boycott the grocery delivery app Instacart amid what they say are all-time low levels of pay and working conditions after the installation of a new CEO—Fidji Simo—and ahead of Instacart's anticipated Initial...
Ongoing revelations surrounding New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s serial sexual misconduct while in office have lost the governor the support of organized labor. Since Tuesday, a host of labor groups—including the Hotel Trades Council, Service Employees...
A draft bill set to be introduced in the New York state legislature this week would create a tripartite process for delivery and ride-share workers at companies like Uber and Instacart to “unionize” without being classified as employees. The bill, reportedly backed...
The pandemic is causing healthcare workers to leave the profession, the New York Times reports. According to the NYT report, many doctors and nurses are retiring early or seeking other work because of conditions created by the pandemic. Some are concerned for their...
The New York Times acquired an internal Department of Labor memo issued on September 24 instructing heads of DOL enforcement agencies not to use issued labor violation citations as the basis for press releases. The memo, issued by Deputy Secretary Patrick Pizzella,...
Protests, walkoffs, and general strikes occurred in over 25 cities on July 20 as part of the Strike for Black Lives, focusing on racial justice and economic inequities. The call for a general strike was led by the SEIU and involved more than 20 unions and racial...
The Partnership for Working Families and the National Employment Law Project released a report yesterday outlining the harms posed by Proposition 22, the California ballot initiative backed by $110 million from Uber, Lyft, Postmates, Instacart, and Doordash. If...
Since the COVID-19 crisis began, essential workers across the country have gone on strike for key workplace safety protections. These strikes have secured meaningful changes; for instance, striking Dominos workers in Los Angeles won protective personal equipment, a...
In a report released this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that around 3.8 million more Americans filed for unemployment benefits this past week. This adds to an already daunting 26.5 million workers who had joined the rolls since the...
The Labor Department announced this morning that another 5.2 million workers filed for unemployment last week. The new numbers brings the total number of unemployed in the United States to 22 million, or 13.5% of the American workforce. Recent numbers mark...
6.6 million people signed up for state unemployment benefits last week, according to Department of Labor data released this morning. As EPI notes, today’s earth-shattering number—over double last week’s record-breaking 3.3. million jobless claims—is likely...