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Mar 07 2024
Analysis
The state of the union, in 9 charts
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s election-year State of the Union address to Congress, here’s a look at the data behind some of the topics and policies he could bring up Thursday evening.
CNN (Online News)Mar 21 2024
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For Louisville forward Olivia Cochran, basketball is labor of love for her and mother
Tara Williams had two choices: continue playing the sport she loved or give it up for the child she loved. The former Auburn women’s basketball standout played for the Birmingham Power in the National Women's Basketball League in 2001, when she got pregnant and gave birth to a girl. After the baby began developing health issues after having an allergic reaction to formula, Williams ended her
The Courier-JournalMar 18 2024
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It’s back: Child labor bill revived one day after committee voted it down
The second time was the charm for a House bill that would loosen several state restrictions on child labor making its way through the Kentucky state legislature. With only five yes votes, House Bill 255 failed to meet the vote threshold to make it through the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Tourism and Labor on Thursday. On Friday, lawmakers revived the bill and passed it onto the
Lexington Herald-LeaderSep 04 2023
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Biden Disses Trump Unemployment Numbers in Labor Day Union Speech
President Joe Biden ridiculed the Trump presidency at a Labor Day event in Philadelphia on Monday, comparing Trump unemployment rates to those of the Great Depression. “The guy who held this job before me was just one of two presidents in history...who left office with fewer jobs in America than when he got elected to office,” Biden told a crowd of union workers, comparing former President
Daily BeastMar 26 2024
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How conservative Florida groups pushed controversial child labor, SNAP bills in Kentucky
FRANKFORT — Five Republican state representatives traveled at taxpayer expense to Nashville on Dec. 6 to attend an event hosted by a right-wing Florida think tank, the Foundation for Government Accountability. Titled “In the Fight Forum,” there is no trace of the event on the internet, and the Foundation did not respond to requests for details. Less than two months later, in late January, one
The Courier-JournalMar 19 2024
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New report shows widespread labor violations across Southeast agriculture
Federal investigators announced today they are finding labor abuses in the overwhelming majority of agricultural worksites inspected in the Southeast. Last year, the U.S. Department of Labor investigated 240 suspected violations of labor laws by agricultural employers in eight states, including Georgia: They found violations in 90% of those investigations. Employers in the Southeast region
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMar 11 2024
Fact Check
FactChecking Biden’s State of the Union
In his final State of the Union address prior to the November general election, President Joe Biden focused on Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, the economy, reproductive rights, prescription drug costs and border security. Biden also criticized many of the policies of “my predecessor” — without naming former President Donald Trump. But he sometimes stretched the facts or left out important
FactCheck.orgMar 18 2024
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Dartmouth refuses to work with basketball players' union, potentially sending case to federal court
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth will not enter into collective bargaining with the union its men’s basketball players voted to join earlier this month, the school said Monday in a move that could send the case to federal court. In a statement announcing its refusal to bargain a labor deal with the athletes, the school was adamant that it believes “athletes in the Ivy League are not employees." A
KSATAug 12 2022
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Biden administration abolishes ICE labor union
The Biden administration delivered a death sentence Thursday to the labor organization that represents thousands of employees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Federal Labor Relations Authority’s decision erases the National ICE Council and leaves its 7,600 members, mostly deportation officers, without a collective bargaining agreement or union representation, members
Washington TimesMar 04 2024
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Twin Cities janitors strike due to unfair labor practices, no contract reached
Commercial janitors are striking in Minneapolis Monday after months of bargaining and no contract being reached. In February, 8,000 members of the SEIU Local 26 union voted to call an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike if these practices continued and contracts weren't reached. Over 4,000 commercial janitors started their three-day strike on Monday outside the Ameriprise Financial Headquarters
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