When one agrees to become a top official in the federal government, particularly one afforded independence from the White House’s whims, it’s generally with the hopes of doing big things and expectation that you’d be empowered to try.
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Elon Musk ‘a perfect recruitment tool’ for organized labor, says new UK unions boss
Trades Union Congress Paul Nowak says Twitter layoffs are driving new union sign-ups.
Labor market mystery: Why higher-income workers are hurting the most
Wall Street and Silicon Valley have been slammed by the Fed’s inflation fight.
POLITICO Playbook: Why ‘Union Joe’ put the screws to rail workers
Thirty years later, as president, Biden is turning to those very same laws to prevent another strike and impose a tentative contract agreement that his administration brokered but multiple rail unions voted to reject.
The left’s message for the Fed: Stop punishing workers
Powell faces backlash for suggesting that unemployment likely needs to rise to ease wage growth and tame surging prices.
Railroad unions struggle to get rebellious workers to ‘yes’ on contracts
Two largest unions close in on votes in the biggest test yet of the Biden administration’s push to avert strikes.
Women aren’t going back to the old workplace
Despite women flooding into the workforce over the last half century, workplaces have remained stuck in the business-as-usual past.
These 7 union-backed workplace laws are coming to California
Gavin Newsom has sided with unions and worker advocates on a number of closely watched proposals.
EEOC muddles along absent Democratic appointees
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continues to operate with a working majority of Republican appointees, more than a month after former Chair Janet Dhillon’s term expired.
The fallout at the workplace from the ruling on Roe
A wave of academic studies in recent decades suggest that the option to terminate a pregnancy increases economic freedom, especially for women of color.
Biden admin to rescind Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers
The move comes as many GOP-led states are moving to limit access to abortions and transgender care.
Local governments have billions in federal Covid cash and no workers to pay
The public sector has gained back 53 percent of the jobs lost since February 2020. The private sector has won back 93 percent.
Adams defends lifting vaccine mandate for athletes as labor unions cry hypocrisy
Labor leaders were furious by what they viewed as a special carveout for sports stars.
Rural hospitals stave off mass exodus of workers to vaccine mandate
Nearly two dozen hospital officials and association leaders told POLITICO they’ve lost just a fraction of their staff to the federal immunization requirement.
Health care workers are panicked as desperate hospitals ask infected staff to return
While most health workers are vaccinated, many are still falling sick, exacerbating a staff shortage as more Americans seek hospital care.
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