Unions Say Biden’s Climate Bill Ignores Workers
Biden listens about electric vehicles during an event in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.Alex Brandon/AP This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden’s landmark climate legislation has been “disappointing” and failed to deliver protections to…
Big Business Is Fighting Efforts to Protect Workers From Heat
Jon G. Fuller/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Big-business lobbyists, including big agricultural and construction groups, are pushing to water down or stymie efforts at the federal and state levels to implement workplace heat protection standards. This summer, millions in the United States have been exposed…
Trump Loyalists Lay Out Plan for Second Term: Gut Worker Protections
Mother Jones; Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If Donald Trump wins the White House in 2024, loyalists have written a battle plan for how to change labor laws and regulations: make it harder for workers to form unions, make it easier…
The Rich History and Underestimated Political Clout of the Black Working Class
Mother Jones; Katrina Wittkamp Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The 2024 presidential election cycle has begun, and the white working class once more has commanded the spotlight. Pollsters obsess over how their economic struggles and resentments influence their political choices. Democrats and Republicans jockey to win…
A Construction Worker Was Accused of Being on Drugs. Then He Died of Heatstroke.
Lynne Sladky/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The mother of a 24-year-old worker who died from heatstroke while working for a construction firm in San Antonio, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against his employer. Gabriel Infante was working for B Comm Constructors in San Antonio, Texas, on June 23…
Amazon Got a Perfect Score on Disability Inclusion—From a Group It Helps Fund
An Amazon fulfillment center in North Las Vegas, USGabe Ginsberg/SOPA Images/Zuma Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, nonprofit organization Disability:IN released its annual “Best Places to Work” Disability Equality Index, which grades how well companies prioritize and accommodate disabled employees. One company that earned a…