The war on workers is unrelenting under Donald Trump, but there are still bright spots, and this week in particular had a few of them.
● Let’s start by once again celebrating that Missouri voters turned back an anti-union law—and it wasn’t even close. While that was a fight to keep Missouri workers from being dragged backward and down, it was a fight that the union movement won, even in a red state.
● Officials in Washington, D.C., were going to offer special treatment for white supremacists—until union workers said no and killed the plan.
● New York City is putting limits on Uber and Lyft:
The legislation passed overwhelmingly by the City Council will cap the number of for-hire vehicles for a year while the city studies the booming industry. The bills also allow New York to set a minimum pay rate for drivers.
● Tech workers and flight attendants are resisting immigrant family separation.
As for the less-good news ...
● Why you should care about unions (even if you're not in one).
● One step in how Brussels sprouts get to your table. How long do you think you could keep up this pace?
● The federal government is America's largest low-wage job creator. Somehow, though, I don’t think that information would make Donald Trump unhappy.
● UPS is flush with cash. It's up to workers to demand the company cough it up.
● Support locked-out boilermakers in Montana.
● Separate is still unequal: How patterns of occupational segregation impact pay for black women.