Bryce Covert
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Meet the Activist Championing the Rights of Workers From the Inside
Of all the members of Biden’s administration, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has arguably sparked the biggest changes for American workers. → Read More
The FTC’s New Rule Against Noncompetes Could Raise Wages by $300 Billion
Quitting a job for a better offer is non-unionized workers’ best, and often only, trump card. Noncompete agreements take that power away. → Read More
Republicans Are Consigning the Poor to Disease and Death
The GOP is refusing to fund government programs that help people avoid getting Covid. And the uninsured will suffer the most. → Read More
We’re Freelancers, but We’re Striking in Solidarity with New York Times Employees
The resurgence of American labor organizing has relied on solidarity beyond the bargaining unit—and that’s what we’re offering. → Read More
The New Covid Boosters Are Incredible, and Everyone Should Get One
El Buen Samaritano, an Episcopal outreach ministry in Texas, serves the east side of Austin, the poorer of the two sides of the city split by I-35. There are fewer services there, including many neighborhoods that don’t have a health center. The popu → Read More
The Right’s Religious Liberty Agenda Is on a Collision Course With Labor Law
Religious employers have found a way to give themselves cover for blatant discrimination—and the Supreme Court is ready to back them up. → Read More
Democrats Are Holding Up a Bill to Protect Pregnant Workers
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has enough votes to pass if brought to the floor and would bring meaningful relief for thousands of pregnant workers. → Read More
The Economic Cost of “Dobbs”
More people who need an abortion will now be unable to obtain one, which will plunge many of them into financial turmoil and curtail their ability to pursue their dreams. → Read More
New Mexico Just Became the First State to Make Child Care Free for Nearly All Families
New Mexico, a state long used to landing at the bottom of national rankings for children’s well-being, just made a change that makes it the first in the → Read More
Child Care Providers Are Organizing, Demanding More, and Winning
As federal efforts to invest in affordable child care have stalled, a growing number of states have stepped up to enact major changes aimed at stabilizing the sector. → Read More
Business Owners Waited Years for Covid Loans—and Now It’s Too Late
As the Small Business Administration moves to shut down aid, many U.S. entrepreneurs say they haven’t heard back on applications, funds or appeals. → Read More
Nurses Are Fighting Back—but the Nightmare Continues
Despite a wave of strikes spurred by the pandemic, they are still working in unsustainable conditions and hospitals are dangerously understaffed. → Read More
The trucking industry is facing a driver shortage, yet harassment and violence shut out women
Treated like outsiders and reporting frequent sexual violence, female truckers remain at risk – and shelves remain bare → Read More
Bail Reform Helps Countless People. Why Don’t We Hear More of Their Stories?
Personal narratives can help the public understand the benefits of bail reform, but telling these success stories presents its own share of challenges. → Read More
It’s Time to End Forced Arbitration Completely
Congress essentially admitted that forced arbitration is a corrupt practice—but only banned it in one area. → Read More
What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality?
A new history examines the gains won by women in white-collar work. But without mass action and solidarity, women’s economic equality will continue to be transitory and fragile. → Read More
McDonald’s Hasn’t Taken Promised Action on Sexual Harassment
After a barrage of lawsuits and bad press, the fast-food giant committed to a major new effort to end sexual harassment at its stores. But there’s no sign it’s implemented any real changes. → Read More
The Avoidable Tragedy of Road Deaths
The media pays a lot of attention to rising crime, but more than twice as many people die in traffic collisions in the US. → Read More
In This Latest Covid Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave
With the country in the throes of the deadliest Covid wave yet, American workers are back to having no federally mandated paid sick leave. → Read More
How the Pandemic Threw Fuel on a Growing Housing Movement
Organizers and activists hope the pandemic has changed how America thinks of housing for good. → Read More