California legislators want to put the reigns on Amazon’s speed quotas. NPR reports: “California lawmakers have passed a first-of-its-kind legislation that would give Amazon and other warehouse workers new power to fight speed quotas, which critics say have forced workers to skip bathroom breaks and skirt safety measures. The bill, if signed by the governor,…

Governor Newsom of California is one of the more polished governors that the state, and country, has ever seen. But once you get past his perfect hair, you will see a governor who has dedicated much of his time and effort to protecting workers and their families in the face of a deadly pandemic. Some…

Many predicted that the GOP would blame a loss on allegations of fraud. But no one could guess that the allegations would happen before the election results came in. NBC News reports: “Republicans in Tuesday’s California gubernatorial recall election are already laying the groundwork to argue the election was stolen — even before a single…

Union-made electric vehicles could get a big boost from a new proposal. The Detroit News reports: “Democrats in Washington want to include a significant new incentive to buy electric vehicles in their $3.5 trillion social spending bill, according to a new plan revealed Friday by the House Ways and Means Committee. For five years, the…

Florida, which has led the nation in COVID cases this summer, recorded over 2,400 deaths from the virus over the past seven days. And its Republican governor is holding fast to fighting anything related to vaccine and mask requirements. His latest battle is against the President, who announced yesterday an order for all business with…

U.S. employers got a jolt yesterday when the President announced that companies with 100+ employees would be required to mandate vaccines or weekly testing for workers. Many are asking where the President gets the authority to issue the order. The New York Times looks at the at a 1970 law for guidance. It reports: “President…

The President took a huge step today towards ramping up vaccinations. The Washington Post reports: “President Biden announced sweeping new coronavirus vaccine mandates Thursday designed to affect tens of millions of Americans, ordering all businesses with more than 100 employees to require their workers to be immunized or face weekly testing. Biden also said that…

We all know about the push for a 40-day workweek by workers and labor unions throughout history. But with the stock market crash of 1939, and much of the country out of the work with the resulting Great Depression, many were thinking about a 30-day workweek instead. The Washington Post reports: “The idea was that…

As Florida COVID cases surge, so do teachers’ deaths. The latest grim news comes from the Miami-Dade area. NBC 2 reports: “Fifteen staffers of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools District have died from COVID-19 in the past 10 days, officials said. Sonia Diaz, a spokesperson for several unions in the school district, confirmed the number…