Chicago hotel workers enter week two of strike. 7,000 more could walk out.
Strikers at six downtown hotels want raises that keep up with prices. A doorman of 30 years makes $16 an hour before tips.
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CalHR tried to stop a strike by 100,000 state workers. The labor board will let it proceed.
PERB won't block SEIU Local 1000's one-day walkout Wednesday if nurses and other essential staff stay on the job.
ICE patrols pummel Central Valley communities weeks before the midterms
Farmworkers are the hardest hit. A state senator estimates 60 arrests in her district in a week. DHS won't release numbers.
VA drops union contract for 300,000-plus workers, but no court has ruled it expired.
An appeals court paused the order keeping the contract alive without deciding if it expired. VA stopped grievances and bargaining anyway.
NAACP sues to stop DOJ's 1,000 poll monitors. It calls the plan voter intimidation.
The complaint says no federal law lets the Justice Department "turn polling places into interrogation rooms." Election Day is Nov. 3.
Katie Zacharia Fired After Five Days as White House Press Secretary
She lasted about half as long as Scaramucci, and a watchdog has asked the California bar to investigate her claims that she's a lawyer.
Prices Outpace Wage Growth As Inflation Shoots to 3.7%
Gas is up 34% and diesel passed $6 a gallon, so real hourly pay fell 0.7% in a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.