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During Donald Trump’s first term and into the COVID crisis the U.S. labor market swung from historically low unemployment — 3.5% pre-pandemic — to a pandemic peak above 14% and then partial recovery, ...
Employers and unions in 2025 responded to inflation with a mix of across‑the‑board raises, indexed minimum‑wage adjustments, targeted bargaining “openers,” and larger negotiated contract wins in high‑...
The Supreme Court has intervened repeatedly in litigation over President Trump’s second-term executive orders, sometimes blocking lower-court orders that prevented administration actions and sometimes...
Barack Obama’s presidency generated a mix of legal challenges that fall into three clear categories: a flood of that were uniformly dismissed for lack of standing, with record legal costs in his final...
Federal courts during and after the Obama administration blocked or limited several high-profile Obama-era executive actions — notably immigration directives like DACA/DAPA and other agency rules — wi...
California has dozens of statutory changes slated to take effect January 1, 2026, with especially large impacts in employment law (new pay-transparency and pay-equity rules, expanded remedies and reco...
Donald Trump’s record for “helping” working-class Americans is mixed and contested: his administration and supporters point to job growth and rising wealth for lower-income households, while analysts ...
Available reporting shows mixed impacts of Trump-era and Trump administration policies on nurses: some actions expanded scope or pay-equity reviews for advanced practice nurses (potentially increasing...
President Barack Obama was found by the Supreme Court to have exceeded his authority in a specific instance—his 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board—resulting in a unanimous ...
Elon Musk gave at least hundreds of millions to pro‑Trump efforts in 2024–25 — filings and reporting put the total at $250M+ and other outlets report totals near $281M . Musk and his DOGE team promise...
The Obama administration litigated or was affected by several high-profile Supreme Court decisions that shaped health care, labor relations, campaign finance, and regulatory power; the most frequently...
The 2025 federal government shutdown has forced widespread furloughs and operational suspensions across many agencies, with estimates of roughly , and critical programs such as SNAP facing imminent pa...
Union membership as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics had not risen into 2025 — the most recent official snapshot showed the union membership rate at 9.9% in 2024 and the number of union memb...
Available reporting and public documents in the provided sources show no recent lawsuit or whistleblower complaint explicitly filed against the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation or its execut...
Employers across sectors regularly deploy a mix of legal, coercive, and illegal —from hiring anti‑union consultants and running captive‑audience meetings to tactical delays and targeted discipline—to ...
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been documented by multiple outlets and government sources to have , provoking bipartisan concern about privacy and cybersecurity. Reporting ...
Union law and practice in the United States generally allow immigrant workers—including undocumented workers—to organize for better wages and working conditions, and major unions and federations activ...
Undocumented workers are generally covered by core federal labor laws—like the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and many anti‑retaliation provisions—and can seek agencies’ enforcement or private suits ...
California enacted a broad package of workplace laws taking effect mostly on Jan. 1, 2026, that raise the statewide minimum wage to $16.90/hour, require employers to give a new “Workplace Know Your Ri...
Available reporting in the provided search results shows no documented labor disputes, union drives, or strikes specifically involving Deezer employees or contractors; corporate filings, investor rele...