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• Over 86,000 undocumented immigrants lost or were denied Medi-Cal coverage in January and February alone, six times the rate of other enrollees.
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A Lockport McDonald's faces 550 child labor violations for forcing teens into 17-hour shifts without breaks during the school year.

Despite $8.56...

Workers are leveraging collective bargaining protections to counter unilateral employer actions on wages, benefits, and scheduling—actions that...

New immigration rules restricting green card approvals to "extraordinary circumstances" are throwing laid-off tech workers into panic, proving even...

• Licensing backlogs sideline qualified nurses for months despite NJ's 9.57% critical shortage, far higher than neighboring states.
• Bill S818/A3308...

Tax incentives explain roughly a third of the measured drop in labor's income share since 1978, as owners reclassify wages as profits via S...

• Mexican teachers from CNTE faced police repression in Mexico City, setting up street camps after being blocked from Zocalo for labor rights...

Heightened immigration enforcement is forcing immigrant workers to skip jobs, medical care, and school drop-offs, creating ripple effects across...

A Senate-backed push to expand Medicare coverage for in-home respite care and caregiver training could slash the crushing $120,000–$200,000 annual...

Darializa Avila Chevalier, a UAW member and Afro-Latina organizer raised by Dominican immigrants, is running for Congress in NY-13 on a platform...

Threats to Immigrant Worker Stability

• 🔥 Supreme Court TPS Challenge: The Supreme Court case on TPS holders threatens 1.3 million people with a...

• Ruling elites deploy xenophobia to fracture solidarity, blaming migrants for job losses and wage stagnation instead of corporate power and...

Workers facing late paychecks, schedule changes, or discipline deserve clear paths to protect their agreements and financial security.

• Contracts...

A growing national movement unites healthcare workers, caregivers, and families to demand dignity and accountability in long-term care.

• ROAR 4 LTC...

Post-harvest workers at Proper Cannabis just filed for a union election with UFCW Local 655, seeking better pay, safety protections, and job security...

Heightened ICE arrests under Trump 2.0 cut work among likely undocumented immigrants while delivering no gains for U.S.-born workers and actively...

Profit-driven decisions at GKN Aerospace have forced tens of thousands of working-class Vietnamese and Latinx residents in Garden Grove to evacuate...

• Disproportionate danger: Healthcare workers represent just 10% of the U.S. workforce yet suffer 48% of recorded nonfatal workplace violence...

• Trump's return-home policy upends adjustment of status for over a million applicants, forcing families abroad and risking jobs.
• This heightens...