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“Trump's US Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards governing exposure to harmful substances.—A Vanderpool

Trump’s dismantling of fed agencies & deregulation, esp at DOL, leaves workers imperiled, and many imperiled.
#Deregulation #WorkersRights #TrumpRegime #Protest #USPol
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#Eugenics, racism & ableism define the Republican Party now.

For >10 years, the 2014 Obama-era targets led to more hiring of disabled employees, countering wage & employment gaps & bringing disabled workers more economic independence. That’s likely to change.

On July 1,🚨the #DOL introduced a proposed rule that'd end the disability hiring goal for fed contractors & the practice of collecting info about it.
#Disabled #Ableism #Discrimination #WorkersRights #Rights #USPol
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

Mother JonesLabor Department moves to end disability hiring goal for federal contractorsSecretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer plans to axe a longstanding, successful incentive program for disabled workers.

Workers with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 5 voted to authorize a strike at Safeway locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the North Coast, citing unfair labor practices and “bad faith bargaining.” Workers have been without a contract since April.

#strike #unions #union #strikes #workersrights #socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics

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Times-Standard · Northern California Safeway workers vote to authorize strikeBy Robert Schaulis

Thousands of members voted nearly unanimously to authorize both an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) or an Economic strike, should either option become necessary. This show of solidarity demonstrates our collective strength and commitment to securing the fair agreement our members deserve.

#strike #unions #union #strikes #workersrights #socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics

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A local sanitation workers strike that began on July 1 in Boston, Massachusetts, and left trash unpicked across the city is now spreading nationwide in a series of labor actions coordinated by the Teamsters union as frustrated workers demand better pay and benefits from Republic Services, a major waste disposal company.

#strike #unions #union #strikes #workersrights #socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics

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share.google · Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread NationwideAs work stoppages spread, the Teamsters’ president says a waste disposal company is at “war” with sanitation workers.