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Medical Marijuana Is Off Limits To Truckers And Pilots Despite Trump Administration's Reclassification
staff@jalopnik.com (Logan K. Carter), Jalopnik
Weed is not an FDA-approved drug, thus it is not permitted to show up on drug tests for employees in safety sensitive transportation roles.
May 31, 2026, 7:25 PM
WATCH: Teen summer jobs hit historic lows, new data shows
ABC News, Abcnews.com
ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze explains why teen summer jobs are harder to find, while MIT grad and creator Gohar Khan shares resume, interview and AI job search advice.
May 28, 2026, 10:04 PM
As the US Navy pushes to build more submarines, shipyards keep losing young workers to less demanding jobs
Chris Panella, Business Insider
Retention rates are highest among young, entry-level workers who leave the demanding roles for similar jobs in other industries.
May 28, 2026, 10:29 AM
Trump's immigration crackdown is contributing to a summer lifeguard shortage
Lauren Edmonds, Business Insider
Seasonal summer businesses depend on foreign student workers to fill roles. Applicants are down, however, as the US tightens its immigration rules.
May 26, 2026, 9:11 AM
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says CEOs who blame AI for layoffs are giving a 'lazy' excuse
Huileng Tan, Business Insider
Huang said some executives were blaming layoffs on AI "to sound smart."
May 25, 2026, 10:03 AM
How the H-1B visa replaces American workers
Steven Edginton, TheBlaze
Mary, a veteran Silicon Valley marketer who can’t find a job, considers herself a victim of an H-1B visa program run amok.Her story, a U.S. native replaced by a foreign-born employee who is willing to work at a significantly lower wage, has become commonplace…
May 23, 2026, 1:30 PM
WATCH: Spirit Airlines faces lawsuit from former employees
ABC News, Abcnews.com
Sam Sweeney and Brian Buckmire report on former workers suing Spirit Airlines over claims they were denied pay and benefits after the airline shut down operations.
May 14, 2026, 11:02 PM
The Enemy Of My Enemy… Left And Right Search For Common Ground To Prop Up U.S. Entertainment Business
Dmorgan1201, Deadline
Three years on from the dual writers and actors strikes, and everything is not as film and television workers might have hoped. After years of adopting phrases like ‘survive til ’25’ to establish a light at the end of the tunnel, the Hollywood labor unions ar…
May 12, 2026, 4:00 PM
Trump’s Push for ‘Ultrafast’ Meat Processing Could Make a Brutal Industry Even Worse
Frida Garza, Grist, Gizmodo.com
Labor organizers, environmental advocates, and economists all agree: This is a bad idea.
May 9, 2026, 1:00 PM
In coal country, black lung surges as federal protections stall
Kate Morgan, Grist
While the Trump administration is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to coal projects, miners in Appalachia are suffering from a resurgence of black lung disease. But industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to dea…
May 9, 2026, 1:00 PM
They graduate to six figure salaries, and grueling work
Steve Kastenbaum, NPR
Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners.
May 9, 2026, 10:00 AM
ICE has not improved U.S. labor markets
Tyler Cowen, Marginalrevolution.com
We provide the first causal, national empirical analysis of the labor market impacts of heightened immigration enforcement during the second Trump administration. Enforcement increased everywhere, but, we take advantage of the fact that the increases have bee…
May 6, 2026, 6:14 PM
DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Following Google’s Pentagon AI Deal
Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com
Workers are standing up to big tech's push to partner with the war machine.
May 5, 2026, 4:05 PM
IATSE Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Kennedy Center Over Worker Layoffs In Advance Of Planned Closure
Ted Johnson, Deadline
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said that it has filed unfair labor practice charges against the Kennedy Center over the layoffs of workers in advance of the arts institution’s planned closure in July. The charges, filed with the Nati…
May 4, 2026, 5:50 PM
May Day rallies sweep US, demanding reforms for working-class rights
Andy Hirschfeld, Al Jazeera English
May Day events include calls to 'tax the rich' and abolish ICE amid $70bn proposed funding for immigration enforcement.
May 1, 2026, 8:57 PM
May Day in the age of AI: The new war on workers
Belén Fernández, Al Jazeera English
As companies pour billions into AI, the fight for workers’ rights is being rewritten as a fight for the right to work.
May 1, 2026, 9:54 AM
10 Friday AM Reads
Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com
The labor economics of ‘Alien’ — and its lessons for inequality on Earth. https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/14/g-s1-117075/the-labor-economics-of-alien-and-its-lessons-for-inequality-on-earth Nobody Cares: A bracing essay on why effort without…
Apr 23, 2026, 10:55 AM
Thousands of Harvard graduate students strike — bringing research to a halt
Humberto Basilio, Nature.com
Workers at the elite US university want higher pay, and ask for better protection for students at risk of deportation.
Apr 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
The foreign students powering American summer jobs may be harder to find this year
Lauren Edmonds, Business Insider
The J-1 Visa program aids small US businesses by providing around 100,000 student workers each summer. Visa delays and geopolitics pose challenges.
Apr 18, 2026, 10:59 AM
Economists warned California not to raise the minimum wage to $20. They were wrong in almost every way so far, another economist says
Sasha Rogelberg, Yahoo Entertainment
“The results are nowhere as dire as predicted,” Berkeley’s Michael Reich told Fortune.
Apr 15, 2026, 11:05 AM
Now the FAA says gamers are the answer to its air traffic controller shortage
Jay Peters, The Verge
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has struggled for years to have enough air traffic controllers to address shortages, with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) saying in January that the number of people in the job in the US has declined by …
Apr 10, 2026, 8:50 PM
Trump officials want to recruit gamers without college degrees to be air traffic controllers
Taylor Rains, Business Insider
This campaign specifically targets young people without college degrees whose "useful skills" include multitasking, spatial awareness, and strategy.
Apr 10, 2026, 6:59 PM
The Trump Administration Wants Gamers to Step Up and Fill the Air Traffic Controller Shortage
Tom Hawking, Gizmodo.com
Shockingly, the answer to a long-running and complex issue is not "gamers."
Apr 10, 2026, 5:40 PM
Trump And The FAA Targeting Gamers To Help Solve Air Traffic Controller Shortage
Zack Zwiezen, Kotaku
The U.S. government wants gamers like you to sign up to become an air traffic controller
Apr 10, 2026, 5:35 PM