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Justices wrestle with mandatory arbitration vs. labor law

October 3, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

When a company forces a worker into mandatory arbitration of everything from unsafe working conditions to unpaid overtime, does that trump the worker’s rights under federal labor law?

Investing in tragedy: The political economy of mass shootings

October 2, 2017 By C.J. Atkins

50 are dead, more than 400 injured. Meanwhile, the stock prices of gun manufacturers are up sharply in Monday morning trading.

Union leaders blast Janus case as effort to rig economy against workers

September 29, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON—Union leaders denounced the latest right-wing attempt to deprive workers and unions of money—via a Supreme Court case the justices have agreed to hear—as “a blatant attack to rig the economy against workers,” as Laborers President...

Dangerous new immigration law passed by the House

September 28, 2017 By Emile Schepers

The bill would give the government expanded power to define organizations as “gangs” and then to round up non-citizen members—undocumented or documented—and deport them.

Humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, Trump’s tweets focus on Puerto Rico’s debt

September 26, 2017 By Michael Biesecker And Andrew Taylor

Five days after the Category 4 storm slammed into Puerto Rico, many of the more than 3.4 million U.S. citizens in the territory were still without adequate food, water and fuel. Flights off the island were...