New Progressive

Big business frets over NLRB nominee delay – exposing their panic at a pro-worker board threatening corporate control over labor.

Disturbing labor disconnect: Profits hit record $3.7T since pandemic, but job growth flat—near-zero net jobs in 2025.

• Tech layoffs boost sky-high...

Everyday workers sense shared anxieties and are organizing real talks, not lectures:

• Amazon driver Marvinna Simpson sees dying soybeans, John Deere...

Grassroots activism shines as NYU's SILS chapter protested semi-naked during campus welcome events, demanding factory disclosure for university...

A powerful progressive trend is boosting working people's pay and curbing corporate traps:

• Overtime for farmworkers expanding nationwide—CA fully at...

New Medicaid work rules trap vulnerable enrollees in red tape while states and insurers flounder:

• States like Iowa face tech costs exceeding federal...

Worker Safety Enhancements

• 🔥 DOL Heat Hazard Program Update: OSHA updated its National Emphasis Program to focus inspections and outreach on 55...

Corporate AI exploits labor: Many tools are trained on knowledge generated by workers without ownership rights.

• Workers sense control: Surveys...

Right-wing rift reveals how H-2B visa expansion floods labor markets, undercutting American workers:

• Rep. Andy Harris, Freedom Caucus chair,...

Rare win for workers: OSHA updated its National Emphasis Program targeting indoor/outdoor heat hazards in 55 high-risk industries, using 2022-2025...

Even unions aren't immune to labor violations—hypocrisy exposed at Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA).

• PSO, the union for ISTA staff, filed...

Trump's escalation squeezes employers with a spike in DOL immigration enforcement while red-state communities resist ICE detention expansion.

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At his 100-day rally, NYC Mayor Mamdani declares: “If anyone should be afraid it is those who take advantage of working people.” The 34-year-old...

Elite-driven slashes in Trump's FY2027 budget threaten patient care and vulnerable populations, hitting working people hardest.

• Reduced funding...

Unions must defend seniority—their core promise—or risk losing members. Real stories expose AFSCME Council 13's failures:

• Mindy McFetridge, single...

Rapid growth of digital labor platforms in India carries serious implications for labor rights and economic inequality for gig workers. Corporate expansion leaves working people more vulnerable than ever.

Filipino-Canadian artist Stephanie Comilang uses science fiction documentaries to spotlight migrant labor in a postcolonial, tech world:

• Come to...

Workers grieving loss shouldn't fear job loss—yet no federal law protects bereavement leave. Only a patchwork of states require it:

• California: Up...

Federal cuts via H.R. 1 already devastate Medi-Cal: $1T Medicaid slash leads to medication limits, procedure delays, and immigrants dropping coverage...

Arkansas jobs data exposes hidden tensions in labor recovery:

• Record labor force of 1,451,310, but unemployed jumped 1,439 as more enter the hunt
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