Biden’s Labor Secretary Signals He’ll Fight for Gig Worker Employment
Abaca Press/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In an exclusive interview with Reuters today, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said that, “in a lot of cases,” gig workers should be reclassified as employees rather than independent contractors.…
The Most Important Pandemic Industry You’ve Never Thought Of
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In December 2019, the cover story of InTents magazine was fascinating—and unfortunately timed. It focused on domes and inflatable structures—“shapes that stand out,” the headline read—that had grown in popularity in recent…
Trump’s Labor Secretary Runs Right Back to the Anti-Labor Law Firm He Came From
Proud to serve: Eugene Scalia with Donald Trump.Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Back in 2019, when former President Donald Trump needed a new labor secretary, he reached into the powerhouse law firm Gibson,…
San Francisco Janitors Are On Strike for COVID Safety—And the Fight Doesn’t End There
Thousands of SEIU custodial workers stage a strike in Philadelphia in 2019. Cory Clark/ AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.More than 700 San Francisco janitors represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) walked off…
COVID Relief Efforts Want to Offer Citizenship to Essential Workers. But This Group Is Falling Through the Cracks.
Farmworkers wear face masks while harvesting curly mustard in February 2021 in Ventura County, California. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A year ago, when the coronavirus pandemic caused the shutdown of…
Senate Parliamentarian Kills the Dream of a $15 Minimum Wage—for the Moment
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a major blow to Democrats’ plan to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, the Senate parliamentarian ruled on Thursday that the proposed increaser can’t…