workers

Why Defending Workers’ Rights Means Fighting ICE’s Deportation Machine

Last month, California Labor Commissioner Julie Su distributed a memo instructing her staff to turn away any Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who show up at labor offices without a federal warrant. This action came in response to three recent cases in which ICE sought workers’ information shortly after they filed claims against their …

Why Defending Workers’ Rights Means Fighting ICE’s Deportation Machine Read More »

Trump has bad news for millions of workers in line for overtime pay under Obama

Donald Trump’s major life goal at this point seems to be rolling back everything good President Barack Obama did for the country and its people—and now he’s coming for your overtime pay. Obama had sought to raise the overtime eligibility threshold to include millions more workers, a change that was supposed to go into effect in December but …

Trump has bad news for millions of workers in line for overtime pay under Obama Read More »

As Media Focuses on Russia Collusion, Trump Is Quietly Stacking the Labor Board with Union Busters

It might not get as much press coverage as other Donald Trump administration calamities, but the U.S. president is set to appoint a known union buster to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), push the body to a Republican majority and reverse Obama-era protections that rankle Big Business. On July 13, the Senate Health, Education, …

As Media Focuses on Russia Collusion, Trump Is Quietly Stacking the Labor Board with Union Busters Read More »

The Fiscal Myth That’s Killing The Economy, In 7 Steps

A new economic working paper reinforces an important reality: We need more government spending to repair the economy for millions of working Americans. Unfortunately, our political debate is being held back by an economic myth – one that has yet to be challenged in political debate, despite an ever-growing body of evidence against it. The …

The Fiscal Myth That’s Killing The Economy, In 7 Steps Read More »

Union Summer Hits the Doors After Learning Lessons in Solidarity and the Spirit of the South

Union Summer, the cadre of young activists that is training to be the future leaders and union organizers of the labor movement, are hitting the doors hard. After a couple of weeks on the ground, Summeristas have spoken with 300 people one-on-one and engaged 100 of them to commit to forming a union. Forty students …

Union Summer Hits the Doors After Learning Lessons in Solidarity and the Spirit of the South Read More »

The Anti-Job-Creation Party Wants Welfare Recipients To Work

House Speaker Paul Ryan ended up overshadowing his own efforts Tuesday to highlight the Republican Party’s proposals for overhauling aid programs for low-income people by telling reporters that he was still planning to endorse and vote for a presidential candidate that had earlier uttered what he called “the textbook definition of a racist comment.” The …

The Anti-Job-Creation Party Wants Welfare Recipients To Work Read More »

Scroll to Top

Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.