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With the fate of President’s Trump’s right-wing agenda at stake, the California ballot measure crafted to tilt Congress to Democratic control has turned into a fight among millionaires and billionaires, a former president, a past movie-star governor and the nation’s top partisans. Californians have been inundated with political ads popping up on every screen — no cellphone, computer or living-room …

Recovery from a recent surgery for colon cancer will not stop James Phipps, 75, from attending Saturday’s No Kings demonstration in Chicago, Illinois. “I have a burning desire to be a part of the protest.” he said, “because that’s all I’ve done all my life.” Phipps, born in Marks, Mississippi, was involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s …

Blizzard Entertainment’s Team 5—responsible for the development of Hearthstone—is unionizing. A group of around 100 workers voted yes to representation with the Communications Workers of America under CWA Local 9510. It’s the third union to go public at Blizzard this week, following two new units composed of Blizzard Entertainment’s Battle.net workers. The Hearthstone union includes people from many different roles …

Maine’s Platner now has the support of 3 labor unions  Politico Democratic youth-focused groups endorse Graham Platner in Maine Senate race  The Hill Oyster farmer and veteran Graham Platner hopes his message lands with Maine voters  NPR Graham Platner goes after Janet Mills in first Maine Senate race TV ad  Axios Poll: Platner Best Positioned Maine Dem to Defeat Susan Collins  More Perfect Union | …

Newsom signs landmark deal for Uber, Lyft driver unions  Politico Gig Drivers Win the Right to Unionize in California  The New York Times Governor Newsom signs landmark worker legislation, in stark contrast to Trump’s assault on workers and government shutdown  CA.gov Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize  AP News Uber and Lyft drivers can unionize …

Federal employee unions are challenging the Trump administration’s threats to conduct mass layoffs of government workers amid the latest shutdown. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees allege that the Office of Management and Budget has taken a “legally unsupportable” position to use a lapse in …

Unions sue Trump admin over mass layoff plan during government shutdown  AxiosView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Avoiding a Strike, L.I.R.R. Unions Ask Trump to Get Talks on Track  The New York Times LIRR strike delayed: Union workers request Trump to appoint Presidential Emergency Board  ABC7 New York LIRR strike threat looms, with key union set to vote on walkout  NBC New York LIRR workers vote to strike; train service can stop as early as Thursday  amNewYork NY’s Long Island Rail …

It’s been a year since Brian Niccol took the top job at Starbucks and promised change after years of bitter fighting with the company’s burgeoning union. “I deeply respect the right of partners to choose, through a fair and democratic process, to be represented by a union,” Niccol wrote in a letter to the union last September. “If our partners …

Unions, community groups join forces for Labor Day protests against Trump and billionaires  USA Today Workers rally against ‘billionaire takeover’ on Labor Day  KTLA ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day rallies planned at 7 sites around San Diego  NBC 7 San Diego Rallies, demonstrations across Southern California set to mark Labor Day  ABC7 Los Angeles Here are all the ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ protest locations in …