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Handle It Yourself
Read more . . . →The Department of Labor announced, out loud, at a law conference, that it will stop enforcing wage-theft and safety laws at unionized workplaces. The logic: if you organized, that’s your problem now. Jonathan Berry, the department’s top lawyer, stood at an NYU podium Thursday and told the room it should “respect that choice” and spend its “scarce resources” elsewhere. The agency literally named after you just told you to sort it out yourself. Think about what that means. A hotel kitchen runs fifteen-year-olds past midnight. A warehouse docks overtime from every check. If the workers have a union, the federal...
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