Public Sector Contract Negotiations Should Be Transparent
Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I am generally pro-union, but then again, I’m also pro-taxpayer, which puts me in a bit of a difficult position when it comes to public-employee unions. The fundamental problem is simple: most unions bargain with a management group that’s entirely independent.…
A New Right-Wing Smear Campaign Targets a Former FBI Official to Distract From Russia Scandal
Rep. Mark Meadows (left) and Rep. Jim Jordan talk during a press conference calling on the president to declassify the Carter Page FISA applications.Bill Clark/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. What happens when the politics of personal destruction intersect with a Trumpian conspiracy theory? Unfortunately, I’ve seen it, thanks to…
Democrats Introduce Legislation to Get Federal Contract Workers Back Pay
Workers and congressional Democrats protest the shutdown outside of the White House.Riccardo Savi/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would provide back pay to federal contractors who are losing wages during the federal shutdown. The Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act would…
Senate Republicans Vote Down Effort to Maintain Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Companies
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, defeated a bipartisan bid to keep sanctions in place against companies owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. The Trump administration announced last month it was planning to remove the sanctions targeting the energy…
José Andrés Just Defended Furloughed Workers and Immigrants in One Swoop
Flickr/USDA/Bob Nichols Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. José Andrés, a celebrated Washington, DC-based chef who migrated from Spain in the early 1990s, is a staunch defender of immigrants. He famously pulled out of a deal to run a restaurant at the Trump International Hotel in 2015 after Donald Trump maligned…
No-Confidence Vote Against Theresa May Fails
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As expected, the no-confidence motion against Theresa May failed, so there will be no snap election in Britain and no chance of the Labour Party taking control. Brexit has failed, but May is still in control. The EU says May has to make the next…