DOJ Ruling Turns Welfare Programs Into Immigration Reporting Tools
A new DOJ opinion requires all state agencies—not just benefit administrators—to report known undocumented immigrants when states accept federal TANF...

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A new DOJ opinion requires all state agencies—not just benefit administrators—to report known undocumented immigrants when states accept federal TANF...
The Crowley-Tiffany contest frames concrete choices for Wisconsin workers on bargaining power, pay, and job security.
Cleaner Malia Motusaga went from 75-hour weeks on poverty wages that stole her family time to a living wage of $29.90 an hour that gave her life back....
H-2A workers from Guatemala endured illegal $2,500 recruitment fees, passport confiscation, and repeated threats of deportation or visa blacklisting...
This Labor Day marks the 1882 march of 10,000 workers yet exposes exclusions that still strip basic rights from millions.
ICE's hiring spree of 12,000 officers skipped basic vetting steps, creating risks of misconduct and insider threats as warned by a longtime...
A rapid six-month plunge in US labor force participation, among the fastest in nearly eight decades, has sparked debate over persistent factors like...
The DOJ's new rule forces all state agencies to report known undocumented individuals to DHS for TANF and SSI programs or risk losing billions in...
Does the GOP's appeal to wage earners match its policy record on unions and protections?
Sebastopol's 'Join and Thrive' event, rebranded from the harsher 'Join or Die,' urges residents to join service clubs and civic groups to reverse the...
Can an ER nurse's working-class roots and union ties convert voter frustration into a Democratic win in a key Wisconsin district?
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A federal appeals court overturned the NLRB and upheld Starbucks' dress code, allowing the company to ban union t-shirts and multiple pins at its...
SEIU Local 99 members will march in the 47th Annual Labor Day Parade & Rally on September 7th to defend public education, child care, healthcare,...
New "mega master" hearings are cramming over 100 cases per docket, forcing hundreds to wait in block-long lines for scheduled appearances.
Starting October 1, refugees, asylees, and trafficking victims lose non-emergency Medicaid, turning routine checkups, prescriptions, and preventive...
The Faster Labor Contracts Act replaces voluntary bargaining with strict deadlines that often end in imposed agreements.
Unions secured the eight-hour day, weekend, child labor bans, and middle-class wages through collective action and struggle, not corporate goodwill....
The Trump administration's move to withhold TANF and SSI funding unless states report undocumented immigrants threatens to drive vulnerable immigrant...
New Jersey state employee unions secured a major win by negotiating an agreement that freezes health contribution rates for 2027 while launching a...