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Work A New Labor Department Proposal Could End Up Stripping Some Workers of Their Rights

The Trump administration proposed a new rule this week that could make it more difficult for some workers to be classified as employees.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil September 24, 2020 1:55 pm EDT
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Work 57 Million Americans Are Freelancers. The Unemployment System Is Completely Failing Us.

These are the obstacles facing freelancers—which include about 57 million Americans—applying for unemployment because of work lost due to coronavirus.

Danielle E. Owen Danielle E. Owen April 21, 2020 2:45 pm EDT

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Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., is one of the eight republicans who voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act. (House Television via AP) Jobs These Are the Eight PA Representatives Who Voted Against the Paycheck Fairness Act
Photo courtesy of Apple Blossom Furnishing. Economy ‘We Survived it’: Michigan Business Owner Made it Through a Year of Unpredictability
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Wisconsin Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool COVID Vaccine A Vaccinated Arizona Lawmaker Got COVID, But Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Skip the Vaccine