Never thought I’d have to put this out there but: Sending a journalist a pitch in a coffin shaped box is never a good idea.

Big News: Per the The Associated Press, the DEA will move cannabis to schedule III:

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Use our migrant child labor data!

More children are crossing the border on their own than ever before, and thousands are ending up doing dangerous, illegal jobs.

We sued the government for a huge trove of data about these kids, and shared it all here: github.com/nytimes/hhs-ch…

new maryland flag just dropped

Protections for LGBTQ+ workers in the EEOC's final guidance’s quickly drew public pushback from one of the five-member panel’s Republican commissioners and may be fodder for future lawsuits from red states and conservative groups.
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NEW: The EEOC has finalized workplace harassment guidance that reinforces LGBTQ+ employee rights like allowing the use of bathrooms that fit a worker’s gender identity. blawgo.com/9AYNQkR.

The EEOC’s brief in support of a plaintiff who alleged Workday's AI-based hiring tools discriminated against him has sparked widespread skepticism about the agency’s position that software vendors can be liable in these bias cases.
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My boy breaks all his favorite toys

The Daily Labor Report sure does clean up

Washingtonian is hosting a Women in Journalism party tonight honoring
Kara Swisher Meridith McGraw @carolleonnig Rachel Scott.

NOT invited: The women journalists who work at Washingtonian. But we’re here anyway fighting for fair pay and parental leave!

I’m so proud of all the work I’ve done at this place and all the history I’ve gotten a front row seat to.

Proudest of all of my part in organizing our newsroom’s first union and negotiating our first collective bargaining agreement. Solidarity forever, penguild!

A coalition of 17 red state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, targeting its addition of abortion in recently finalized regulations protecting pregnant workers.
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The Labor Department has finalized a rule that aims to protect organizing efforts by seasonal farmworkers on H-2A visas news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

People posting their layoffs on TikTok are likely to draw support and possibly job referrals, but there could also be legal and reputational risks—not just for the employees, but also for the companies conducting the layoffs.
w/ Parker Purifoy
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Proposed Trigger Temperature for #OSHA #Heat_Stress Rule Gets Hotter.
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Amazon must hand over to the US Labor Department information related to payments for executives’ travel to dissuade employees about unionization, a federal judge in Seattle ruled. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

#OSHA 's 2024 #Workers_Memorial_Day Ceremony: Workers Have the Right to Come Home Streaming on YouTube at 1 pm. youtube.com/live/exxVFJGgH…

#OSHA ’s #Infectious_Disease Rule Still on Track, Officials Say. It Was Proposed 14 Years Ago. #Covid rule under review by #Biden White House for 16 months.
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Guidance also continues to ban earmarks in the House FSGG and Labor-HHS-Education bills

EXCLUSIVE: The ACLU is suing the NSA, DoD and ODNI for records about how they're using AI in their surveillance programs.
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