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Federal Court Orders Trump Administration To Stop 'Unlawful Threats' Against the Election Workers

A California federal judge temporarily barred the Justice Department and Homeland Security from threatening election workers or demanding segregation of ballots linked to suspected noncitizens.

International Business Times UK · Nov 2

Ballot measure campaigns raised more than $1.2 billion so far in 2026 and spent a record-high $193 million on signature drives

Welcome to the Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, Brew.

Ballotpedia · Oct 29

Ballot measure campaigns raised more than $1.2 billion so far in 2026 and spent a record-high $193 million on signature drives

Campaigns supporting and opposing the 164 statewide ballot measures in 2026 raised more than $1.2 billion. Initiative campaigns spent a record $193 million on signature gathering.

Ballotpedia · Oct 27

UC Riverside should investigate economics research center, faculty say

LOS ANGELES — Some University of California faculty members are raising the alarm about a research center affiliated with UC Riverside that they say uses corporate funding for reports "attacking proposals to improve the lives of working Californians."

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023

Air cargo workers at O’Hare strike for a day

The employees accuse Swissport International of perpetuating unsafe working conditions and threatening a pro-union worker.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 8, 2022

New service union seeks to inspire labor movement in South

Over 100 service industry workers have gathered in the capital of the state with the county's lowest unionization rate to launch a new union and try to boost labor organizing across the U.S. South

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Unionized Starbucks in Edgewater closing, labor organizers say

The location at 1070 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. was among the first in the city whose employees affiliated with Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: The fast-food industry gears up to kill another pro-worker state law

Political PR and advertising firms in California are going to owe Gov. Gavin Newsom a huge favor. That's because by signing the so-called Fast Recovery Act on Sept. 5, he opened the door to what could be hundreds of millions of dollars in spending by fast-food companies to kill it.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 23, 2022

New #TheyLied Libel-by-Implication Case, Related to Firing of Service Employees International Union Official

From Fells v. SEIU, decided yesterday by the D.C. Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Joshua Deahl, joined by Judges Corinne Beckwith and John Fisher; not as colorful as the inimitable Memphis Pub. Co. v. Nichols (Tenn. 1978), but still an interesting modern example of the libel-by-implication doctrine:…

Reason · Sep 2, 2022

Starbucks store in Edgewater becomes latest to unionize

The location becomes the seventh in the Chicago area to align with Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022