The former Architect of the Capitol, J. Brett Blanton, had a host of well-known problems that culminated in his firing last February.
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Newsom emergency services appointee sued for sexual harassment
Ryan Buras, a deputy director for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, is accused of harassing and then retaliating against a state subordinate.
Schumer pulls vote to advance Labor nominee
Jose Rodriguez has seen trouble in the Senate before, failing to clear a procedural vote last year.
Musk’s SpaceX seeks to blow up federal labor enforcer
The company, in a lawsuit, compared the National Labor Relations Board’s structure to ‘the very definition of tyranny’
‘No one’s gonna want to be subjected to a product that’s going to violate their civil rights’
EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling unpacks AI’s impact on hiring.
The year of the bosses
Call 2023 the year of personal rule.
Former N.J. Trump golf club worker says she was sexually harassed, forced into signing NDA
A former server at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster alleges she was sexually harassed and coerced into sex by a supervisor, then tricked into signing an illegal non-disclosure agreement by Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba.
How labor unions are putting checks on AI
Unionized workers are starting to win guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies as Washington is still coming to grips with the fast-moving field.
Newsom approves minimum wage for health care workers
The proposal was a top priority for SEIU, a powerful labor union that’s been trying for years to secure a minimum wage for health care workers.
What Newsom’s relationship with labor says about his Senate pick
The governor tapped a labor champion in the midst of high-profile vetoes of union priorities.
Trump’s labor record will trail him as he wades into UAW strike
The former president’s plans to show up for autoworkers are more overt than Joe Biden’s. But Trump’s track record has its holes.
Bernstein: Strong economy is emboldening workers to get “fair slice”
Key takeaways from POLITICO’s “Building the New American Economy” live event.
An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
California would be the first state to explicitly ban the practice, but the process has been divisive.
Biden Labor Department moves to expand overtime pay for millions
Workers making less than about $55,000 annually would be automatically entitled to time-and-a-half pay under DOL’s proposal.
No Labels sued by ex-employee over alleged racial discrimination
The centrist group denies the allegations.