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The extremism of the new (old) Federal administration on immediate display
February 3rd, 2025
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…
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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
January 7th, 2025
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…
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Like Minnesota and other visionary states, the NLRB now outlaws employer captive audience meetings
December 2nd, 2024
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…
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Minnesota enacts landmark legislation that leads the nation in promoting workplace fairness
June 1st, 2023
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…
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The way ahead in 2022
December 20th, 2021
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…
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The intersection of labor & employment law, civil rights, and consumer protection
January 4th, 2016
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,…
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