Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed Monday by the Senate as secretary of labor, setting the stage for him to take the reins of an agency that is central to President Biden’s worker-friendly agenda. Walsh (D), 53, a friend of the president’s who […]
In one of the shortest WGA Award ceremonies in recent memory at 90 minutes, there were a few standout comedic moments, one being when Borat Subsequent Moviefilm actor/producer/co-scribe and Adapted Screenplay […]
Even though just 37% of the entire Los Angeles theatrical market is back online, it was enough to propel the DMA to the top weekend spot on Friday with $427,2K, repping a +1,100% jump from the same period a week ago. Los Angeles […]
With L.A. County in the Red Tier of California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, movie theaters, museum, zoos, aquariums and indoor dining have been allowed to reopen at 25% capacity. Gyms, fitness centers, yoga and dance studios have been […]
Since a February 21 Times investigation highlighted the fact that the 87-member group of international journalists that hands out the Golden Globes has no Black members, the HFPA has been embroiled in a controversy unlike anything […]
“Labor is having a moment the likes of which it hasn’t experienced in decades,” writes Joe Nocera in The San Francisco Chronicle. “In Joe Biden, the labor movement has the first full-throated, pro-union president since Harry Truman. A drive […]
“Millions of Americans,” write Nir Kaissar and Timothy O’Brien in Bloomberg Opinion, “work full time yet are still impoverished, their wages so low that they qualify for federal health care and food assistance programs even though many of them […]
There are encouraging signs that labor’s enemies’ right-to-work campaigns can actually be defeated. The labor movement in Montana scored a big victory on March 2 after digging in its heels and halting a right-to-work bill and a “paycheck […]
“Where would that leave labor law reform?” writes Brandon Magner in Jacobin. “The Protecting the Right to Organize Act passed the House [two weeks ago]. It stands zero chance of becoming law with any Republican votes in the Senate […]
Inspired by the high-profile campaign to unionize an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Alabama, workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver and Southern California have begun exploring ways to form unions at […]
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