Dave Jamieson has been HuffPost's labor reporter since 2011. Before joining the D.C. bureau, he was a staff writer at Washington City Paper and a freelancer contributing to Slate, the New Republic, the Washington Post and Outside magazine, among other outlets. He's won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists, the Hillman Foundation's Sidney Award, and the Deadline Club Award for best business feature. He's also the author of a non-fiction book, "Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession" (Grove/Atlantic). You can reach him at dave.jamieson@huffpost.com.
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Socialist-Themed Vegan Food Company Lays Off Workers Without Notice Or Severance
Workers at No Evil Foods’ North Carolina plant were furious at the news, according to audio of the layoff announcement.
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Biden Bails On COVID-19 Safety Regulation For Most Workers
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said a rule made through OSHA would apply only to health care settings, drawing fire from worker safety advocates.
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New Yorker Workers Hold Significant Leverage In Strike Threat: A Weekly Print Product
Top editors could be forced to halt production of the million-circulation magazine in the event of a work stoppage, rather than try to put out scab issues.
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Trump Wanted Meatpacking Plants To Run Faster. Biden Is Slowing Them Down.
Concerns over worker safety have stopped two Trump-era rules that allowed for faster processing.
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Biden Nominates Union Lawyer To Labor Board, Could Soon Flip Control To Democrats
The NLRB will still be under a Republican majority, but perhaps not for long.
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These Retail And Grocery Stores Have Dropped Their Mask Mandates
Worker advocates say the CDC's new guidance on face masks puts employees in an awkward and unsafe position.
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Paid Time Off Could Boost Slowing Vaccination Rates
A new survey shows Black and Latino workers in particular are concerned about missing work -- and pay -- because of the vaccine's side effects.
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Union And Retailers Warn Of Confusion With New CDC Mask Guidance
The United Food and Commercial Workers union fears the relaxed guidelines will create more uncertainty for grocery workers.
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As Workers Struggled, Boardrooms Found Ways To Reward CEOs During Pandemic
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that low-wage companies tweaked compensation rules to boost executive pay.
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Washingtonian CEO's Ominous Op-Ed Leads To Staff Revolt
The magazine's journalists say they took Cathy Merrill's essay as a threat to their livelihoods.
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United's Catering Workers Unionized. Now Their Jobs Might Be Outsourced.
The hospitality union Unite Here says the airline is trying to avoid a union contract after receiving billions in rescue money from the government.
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Biden Repeals Trump Rule Meant To Protect Gig Economy's 'Independent Contractor' Model
The move is a blow to firms hoping to avoid lawsuits from workers over job misclassification.
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Unemployment Benefits Are Not Creating A Worker Shortage
While some employers may be struggling to hire for one reason or another, economists say generous unemployment benefits are not the cause.
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2,000 Maine Nurses Form Union In Major Election Win
Maine Medical Center made news when it brought in anti-union consultants from out of state to fight the organizing drive.
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Organized Labor Puts Heat On Democratic Holdouts To Support PRO Act
The AFL-CIO is spending more than 1 million dollars on TV and radio ads aimed at moderate Democrats who haven't signed on to the labor reform proposal.
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Salary Study Of Gannett Newsrooms Alleges Gender and Racial Pay Gaps
The NewsGuild union says disparities tend to be smaller at newspapers that have long been unionized.
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Biden To Sign $15 Minimum Wage Executive Order For Federal Contractors
The president's plan will hike the federal government's wage floor significantly in 2022.
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Union Claims Amazon Tainted Election, Wants Vote Overturned
The union lost decisively in a preliminary vote count but says the company broke the law.
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The White House Is A Month Past Its Own Deadline For New COVID-19 Work Protections
Workplace safety experts say they're surprised the administration hasn't put a new emergency standard in place to combat the coronavirus.
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OSHA Fines Company That Wouldn't Let Employees And Customers Wear Masks
The $136,000 fine is the largest COVID-related penalty to date from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.