Jeffrey Vogt

Winning as a Team: How the Las Vegas Raiders are Supporting Civic Engagement – Ash Center In these times, sports are among just a few things that bring tens of millions of Americans together with a shared sense of joy and belonging. As a result, more than ever, teams have a role to play in...

Join us on November 3rd to discuss how the Las Vegas Raiders turned Allegiant Stadium into a voting location during the 2024 presidential election, harnessing sport to strengthen civic engagement.

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Trump to Coal Miners: Drop Dead The administration keeps delaying a life-saving safety rule—while claiming to love coal miners.

Trump’s treatment of Appalachia’s coal miners exemplifies his approach to labor in general: Kneecap unions whenever possible, prop up industry profits at all costs, and if a few workers die in the process, pretend it never happened.

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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

Apparently giving the lie to the idea that any prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich...

ITF condemns unfolding catastrophe in Gaza and calls for global solidarity The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) expresses its deepest alarm at the catastrophic situation in Gaza and across the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

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OUR GENOCIDE OUR GENOCIDE  B’Tselem, July 2025  Since October 2023, Israel has fundamentally changed its policy toward the Palestinians. For more than 21 months,…

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Rally now outside the DOJ building in DC calling for the release of SEIU California President David Huerta, who was arrested in the Los Angeles ICE protests and is still detained

#FreeDavidEndRaids On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...

Turn out today if you can: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

#FreeDavidEndRaids On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...

An Attack on One Is an Attack on All.
Stand Up. Speak Out.
Defend Workers. Protect Immigrants. Fight for Our Freedoms.

📍 Find an action near you and show up to demand:

✊The release of David Huerta

🛑 An immediate end to ICE raids

📣 The right to protest without fear
🔗 bit.ly/FreeDavidEndRaids

#FreeHuerta!

Trump Says He Could Free Abrego Garcia From El Salvador, but Won’t Trump’s comments undermined previous statements by his top aides and were a blunt sign of his administration’s intention to double down and defy the courts.

The last 100 days have provided daily examples of wanton cruelty and lawlessness, but perhaps none more so that this: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...

YouTube video by Ace Records Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)

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Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027

Gil Scott Heron comes to mind...

Thanks to the Power at Work team for lifting up the recent article that I and @ruwansubasinghe.bsky.social wrote examining the law of the right to strike as it relates to the climate crisis. I hope others find it useful and generates more discussion and action. poweratwork.us/turning-up-t...

We don’t just support worker rights – we help workers turn those rights into reality.

#Solidarity
#WorkerRights

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EU Minimum Wage Directive Before the European Court of Justice: It’s Not All Over Now… EU’s minimum wage directive is under threat.

🚨 The EU's #MinimumWageDirective is under threat

But all's not lost - see the latest opinion piece by Torsten Müller (ETUI) & Thorsten Schulten (Hans-Böckler-Stiftung)

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Thought UnitedHealthcare couldn’t get more awful? They’ve gone villain mode | Arwa Mahdawi Killing people with paperwork instead of a gun doesn’t make you any less of a murderer At this very moment Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, is sitting in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn. He’s got a barrage of…

Thought UnitedHealthcare couldn’t get more awful? They’ve gone villain mode | Arwa Mahdawi

ITF demands justice for Sticks Nkambule and the workers of Eswatini This week marks two years since the brutal attempt on the life of Sticks Nkambule, General Secretary of the Swaziland Transport, Communication and Allied Workers Union (SWATCAWU).

ESWATINI:
ITF demands justice for Sticks Nkambule and the workers of Eswatini
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Starbucks workers in LA are being forced to work in areas impacted by the recent wildfires - even where the air quality is unsafe.

Management told partners that stores must open because “the community depends on us,” ignoring that some workers had to evacuate their own homes.

Uganda: Immediately release lawyer Eron Kiiza and quash military court’s outrageous decision This sham process directly violates Uganda’s constitution

🚨 Uganda’s crackdown on human rights continues and remains severe. UN Special Rapporteurs and diplomats must condemn the conviction and mistreatment of human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza and call for his immediate release. @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social
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Our latest blog on the climate crisis and the right to strike, which previews our forthcoming article in the International Labour Review. Thanks to the Oxford Business Law Blog for their interest in publishing.

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Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

“States that continue to transfer arms to Israel at this time must know they are violating their obligation to prevent genocide and are at risk of becoming complicit in genocide.”

South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...

I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.

Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy

It is deeply troubling to see the government take the country backwards by invoking martial law today. The declaration suspends strikes, mass gatherings, work stoppages, all under threat of warrantless arrest. This cannot be tolerated.

UPS Seeks Quick Ruling to End Safety Agency Heat Stress Searches United Parcel Service Inc. has asked a judge for a speedy decision to permanently block OSHA from implementing heat-stress monitoring of company trucks nationwide, according to a Delaware federal cour...

As the climate continues to heat up to dangerous levels, UPS has instead asked a judge to enjoin OSHA from heat-stress monitoring of the company's trucks nationwide.
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