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The extremism of the new (old) Federal administration on immediate display

In its first week, the incoming Federal administration took radical action in numerous ways. For example, it revoked Executive Order 11246 – which both Republican and Democratic administrations enforced for 60 years to uncover and eliminate discrim… Read More

Project 2025, prepared by senior members of the past and future Trump administrations, creates roadmap to attack fundamental rights and subvert the rule of law

In nearly 1,000 pages, Project 2025 provides detailed analyses and urges specific actions to impose a comprehensively extreme plan across the nation. As explained in a recent report, implementation of Project 2025 would concentrate unprecedented powe… Read More

Like Minnesota and other visionary states, the NLRB now outlaws employer captive audience meetings

In recent years, states across the United States – including New York, Illinois, California, and Hawaii – have enacted captive audience meeting laws that prohibit mandatory employee meetings about employers’ political or religious positions. As… Read More

Minnesota enacts landmark legislation that leads the nation in promoting workplace fairness

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently executed comprehensive and progressive reforms to labor & employment law passed by the Minnesota Legislature during the 2023 legislative session. This transformative legislation, SF3035, enacts numerous and im… Read More

The way ahead in 2022

As a turbulent 2021 comes to a close, the uncertainty persisting throughout much of year appears likely to continue in 2022. Regarding labor & employment law and civil rights, in particular, various factors make it difficult to predict with preci… Read More

The intersection of labor & employment law, civil rights, and consumer protection

Recent media reports have declared that forced labor taints the nation’s food supply chains, from farms in Western Africa and surrounding Southeast Asia to supermarkets in the United States. This is big business according to a United Nations study,… Read More