Features
MPEG Announces Election Results for 2022 Board
Voters returned 1,584 ballots out of 8,745 mailed out, for a response rate of just over 18%, according to the election manager. […]
election
Labor
‘Complete Shock’: Rightwing Contrarian Leads the California Recall Race
“Larry Elder is a confounding frontrunner in the Republican race to replace Gavin Newsom as California governor,” writes Maanvi Singh in The Guardian. “Elder opposes the minimum wage and […]
Labor
What Does Eric Adams, Working-Class Champion, Mean for the Democrats?
With his substantial early lead in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, demonstrated the enduring power of a candidate who can connect to working- and […]
Labor
Labor Notes: Unions Defend Democracy
“After four years of relentless lying and distortion from the Trump administration, designed to incite his supporters to violence, we assessed that it was possible that a mass action in the streets could become necessary,” says a letter published in Labor Notes. […]
Labor
NYT: Republicans Won Blue-Collar Votes; They’re Not Offering Much in Return
As the election returns rolled in showing President Donald Trump winning strong support from blue-collar voters in November while suffering historic losses in suburbs across the country, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, a Republican […]
Industry
Hollywood’s Unions Celebrate Inauguration of President Joe Biden, VP Kamala Harris
“As a country, today we will celebrate the inauguration of a new president on a stage built by IATSE union members,” IATSE tweeted. “Today the labor movement is uniting for a victory they delivered by electing pro-worker and pro-union […]
Industry
THR: How the Biden Presidency Will Really Impact Hollywood: 4 Key Areas to Watch
“If all goes as planned, policy-making in the nation’s capital will become a sleepy affair as Joe Biden takes office as the 46th president of the United States,” writes Eriq Gardner in The Hollywood Reporter. “Whereas Donald Trump’s erratic […]
Labor
Democrats are Poised to Lead Senate Committees
Democrats will control the Senate majority for the first time in six years, ensuring that they will run the 20 permanent committees, seeking to carry out President Biden’s agenda and handling the confirmation of nominees for the […]
Labor
The AFL-CIO’s Workers First Agenda
We at the AFL-CIO urge the Biden administration and Congress to seize this opportunity to transform the lives of working people through bold, structural change, starting with the following five priorities. First, worker empowerment. Because stronger unions are essential to addressing the multiple […]
Labor
The Hill: Five Reasons Marty Walsh Could Be an Excellent Choice for Secretary of Labor
“Walsh has a close personal relationship with President-elect Biden, which will give him leverage within the Cabinet,” writes John Logan in The Hill. “Walsh served as an effective surrogate for Biden during the presidential election campaign […]