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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 07/10/2026
FFS
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026
“Most LLMs (including those from OpenAI) are built on millions of scraped webpages and other large text datasets, and almost none of this content has been obtained with its owners’ knowledge or consent.” This is how tech executives talk when no one thinks they’re listening.
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
Goddamn.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
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Cocky
Alt: James Franco gives a cocky wink
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
Shot. Chaser.
Tweet from J.D. Vance lying about one million new jobs being created and all of them going to American citizens.A chat with the administration's new America.gov AI-based website that clearly states official labor statistics do NOT support the claim that all new jobs created have gone to American citizens. It explains that BLS does not track this measure, only native-born and foreign-born.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
We're *shocked* by this new GAO report on child labor violations and what the Labor Department should do better. 🙄 "Since January 2025, DOL’s collaboration with federal agencies on activities to prevent and detect child labor violations has largely diminished." files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...
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Citywok Southpark
Alt: Southpark "Let's go child labor!"
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
Following a 47–41 party line vote, Keith Sonderling will take the job on a permanent basis. Dems aren’t wild about his tepid response to AI concerns or the broader “anti-worker” agenda he represents. trib.al/qwZpdsC
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Just How Bad Will Trump’s New Labor Secretary Be?
Following a 47–41 party line vote, Keith Sonderling will take the job on a permanent basis. Dems aren’t wild about his tepid response to AI concerns or the broader “anti-worker” agenda he represents.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 01/10/2026
basically this
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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 22/09/2026
"Historically, immigration officers counted only cash benefits, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or Supplemental Security Income from Social Security, in their evaluations." Now? There's no specification about which programs to consider. SNAP, Medicaid, school meals, etc.
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States sue to stop DHS rule that would make it harder for some to get green cards
22 states are suing to block a new DHS rule they say would give immigration officials wider discretion to deny green cards, visas or entry into the United States.
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Kristen Parisi @kris10p.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Keith Sonderling has changed drastically since he was EEOC commissioner in the Biden admin. It's hard to believe that he's the same person I met a four years ago, who expressed ethical concerns with AI www.hr-brew.com/stories/2022...
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Silly, inefficient humans discuss AI at HR Transform
Experts, including EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling, discussed the ethical dilemma of AI.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jesse discusses Trump's acting Labor Secretary, Keith Sonderling defending the Trump regime's position on AI & data centers. Keith defended Trump while attacking & mocking Debbie Dingell, telling viewers to see Trump's post where Trump himself mocked her & her dead husband. youtu.be/jQZBFHX5Lyg?...
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Trump's Labor Secretary MOCKS Widow on Fox News
YouTube video by Jesse Dollemore
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GovExec @govexec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When a workplace accommodation takes months to process, the delay can become a workplace problem of its own. Now 40 House lawmakers want answers from the Labor Department. Jory Heckman gets into what’s behind the backlog. buff.ly/BquMSnS
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Labor’s disability accommodation delays under scrutiny by House lawmakers
Lawmakers say interim accommodations “are infrequently considered,” and that staffing shortages have contributed to significant processing delays and growing backlogs.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CLASS WAR NOW www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/capital-is...
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Capital Is Organizing the World to Its Advantage and Everything Else Is a Sideshow
Capitalism or humanity, but not both.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Work till you die is a Republican position.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 15/09/2026
⚠️ "Agencies spent $9.5 billion on salary costs for this leave in 2025, a sixfold increase from 2023. Most of this growth came from the deferred resignation program." ⚠️ $9.5 BILLION in taxpayer dollars spent on admin leave because of DOGE forcing feds out. Their fuckery has cost our country dearly.
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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I remain disturbed that DOGE politicals got access to that, and more should be done to ensure the data is used solely by OIG for fraud prevention.
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Michele Evermore @micheleevermore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The final DOL rule on UI data disclosure is out. Topline for me: "State UC agencies are largely already disclosing the information that this final rule codifies to the Department and DOL-OIG, minimizing any new costs." Seems like no new data disclosure.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 12/09/2026
Most feds accrue ~13 days of sick leave per year. After that, you've got unpaid FMLA for 12 weeks. You *might* have access to a leave bank (with hours donated by fellow feds). Senators receive their full salary during absences for illness or medical recovery.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 07/09/2026
Today those protections are under attack. The 1% has convinced many working class Americans that unions won't fight for them because we're more easily conquered when we're divided. Fuck that. Keep up the good fight, friends. We're in this together. Solidarity ✊
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 07/09/2026
President Grover Cleveland threw a bone to labor by making Labor Day a national holiday in 1894. Unions continued to grow in size and strength. Their influence was essential to the workplace protections we have today. But we know the fight is far from over.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 07/09/2026
Labor uprisings over the next decade were brutal and bloody. Skilled and unskilled workers of many ethnic backgrounds stood in solidarity against their corporate overlords, at tremendous cost. Yet Labor Day celebrations spread across the country, joyful and resolute.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 07/09/2026
on the first Tuesday in September in a giant show of solidarity. "Banners carried by the marchers demanded, 'Less Work and More Pay,' and proclaimed, 'To the Workers Should Belong All Wealth,' and Labor Built This Republic, Labor Shall Rule It.'" An estimated quarter of a million people watched.
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Labor Day: From Protest to Picnics | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Labor Day: From Protest to Picnics | In the 1880s a surge in growth of the American labor movement led to the creation of two workers’ holidays, Labor Day and May Day. | In the 1880s a surge in growth...
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 07/09/2026
The first Labor Day celebration was held in 1882, the height of the second industrial revolution. Workers had virtually no protections. They began joining unions in record numbers to push back against inhumane conditions and poverty wages. Around 10,000 workers took off work...
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 04/09/2026
That being said, the creep-o-meter for her husband -- who harassed and allegedly assaulted several women at DOL HQ -- is off the charts. And Howard Lutnick retains the title of Creepiest Cabinet Member in This Administration for taking his children to Epstein Island.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 04/09/2026
Lori Chavez-DeRemer pulling a wad of singles out of her purse, shoving them into an agent's hand, and insisting he put them on a stripper one by one despite his objections has to be one of the creepiest things a labor secretary has ever done. What a gross power trip.
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Salacious details of ex-Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s strip club visit, relationship with bodyguard revealed in IG report
The department’s inspector general probed into allegations that she abused her position as a top Trump administration official.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Among the allegations were claims that the Trump Cabinet member had an affair with a bodyguard, drank on the job, and took her subordinates to a strip club during a work trip.
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Married Female Trump Cabinet Member’s Wild Sex Secrets Busted
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid scandal in April.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/09/2026
A Cabinet officer appointed by President Trump maintained an “inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship” with a member of her security detail, used government funds for personal travel and regularly drank on the job, a federal watchdog found.
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Former labor secretary misused funds and drank on the job, report finds
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April over the misconduct allegations. She oversaw a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment, a federal watchdog said.
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Aryeh @aryehcw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"During a personal trip to Oregon, the report said, Ms. Chavez-DeRemer asked her driver to take her and the agent to a strip club. She also had the driver go inside with them and asked him to drop money from her purse onto a partially naked performer." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
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Former Labor Secretary Stoked Dysfunction and Toxicity, Department Report Finds
Lori Chavez-DeRemer spent Labor Department funds on personal travel and tolerated harassment in the agency, its inspector general found.
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Insane stuff in the inspector general report on Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the Trump/Sean O’Brien pick for labor secretary. Truly demented behavior!
For example, during
Chavez-DeRemer’s April 15–20, 2025 personal travel to Oregon, she requested an off-
the-record stop at an establishment that was determined upon entry to feature partially
nude dancers. ASAIC 1, who served as Detail Leader and ASAIC, complied with
Chavez-DeRemer’s request to reassign the limousine driver so he could enter with her.
Chavez-DeRemer subsequently took money from her purse, gave the money to the
driver, and directed him to give it to the performer. When the agent resisted and sought
guidance from ASAIC 1, ASAIC 1 instructed him to comply with Chavez-DeRemer’s
requests. Chavez-DeRemer then took additional money from her purse and asked the
agent to drop the bills one by one onto the partially nude woman. The agent again
hesitated and sought intervention from ASAIC 1, who told him to follow Chavez-
DeRemer's instructions.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 03/09/2026
✊🧛 🤣🤣🤣
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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is the most important measure of the class war against workers over the last few decades. At the height of union strength, right after World War II, the labor share was 66% of economic output. Now that has dropped to barely half- and it's plummeting under Trump.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 03/09/2026
There's a reason labor history isn't taught. Knowledge is power. Brush up on your labor history and tell your friends, too.
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Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947."
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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This Administration came hard after our entertainment unions. They intend to Union-bust across the board. If they succeed, they will exploit your labor and your time. UNIONS MATTER.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 01/09/2026
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Bojack Horseman: That's A Good Point
Alt: Bojack Horseman: That's A Good Point
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 31/08/2026
the cruelty is the point 😓
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 31/08/2026
WHOA. Promising green cards and welfare benefits to Chinese investors? This revelation could derail Keith Sonderling's confirmation as Labor Secretary. @juddlegum.bsky.social @popular.info
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Trump Labor Secretary nominee pitched access to “America’s comprehensive welfare” to Chinese nationals
Keith Sonderling traveled to China to encourage investment in a Florida real estate development. Prospects were promised a green card and access government benefits.
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A very small preliminary benchmark revision meaning the payroll survey did a pretty amazing job estimating job growth last year. Since the pattern for QCEW revisions is that they are revised up this may convert to a small positive revision in Feb.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This year's annual "benchmark" revisions will reduce estimated employment by just 79,000 jobs, per preliminary data from @BLS_gov. That's an encouraging sign after two years of unusually large downward revisions. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b... #EconSky
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Smaller Revision Points to More Accurate Jobs Numbers (Gift Article)
The 2026 revisions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics represent a downward adjustment of just 0.1 percent of the total work force.
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GovExec @govexec.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Employees who sought disability accommodations at the Labor Department are being told their sensitive information was sent to a personal email account. The department says it’s still assessing the scope of what happened. Jory Heckman has the details: buff.ly/LwPj8Jn
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Data from Labor employees seeking disability accommodations impacted by 'internal incident'
The Labor Department is telling employees about an “internal incident report” in which an individual sent employees' sensitive health information to their personal email address.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 28/08/2026
More reasons to join a union.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Extremely my jam:
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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 08/08/2026
Time to spam the gears!!!! The appointment of Dorothy Fink as Deputy Director and acting institute director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development installs a MAHA mom to our children’s health institute. Send your thoughts to: NICHDethics@mail.nih.gov
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 13/08/2026
This is a massive win for thousands of young people across the country who want the opportunity to get a good job. Thank you @splcenter.org @publiccitizen.bsky.social & all the others who stood up to this administration's cruelty toward the working class and fought to keep Job Corps centers open.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 13/08/2026
Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bullshitted their way through this event, taking credit for bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. Toyota officials made it clear afterward the plant expansion had *absolutely nothing* to do with Trump's tariffs.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So much for the World Cup hiring bump people were expecting. The leisure and hospitality sector wound up *cutting* more than 80,000 jobs in June and July combined.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Hourly earnings were basically flat in July. Wage growth continues to slow on a year-over-year and three-month basis. Not good news for workers at a time when inflation is proving stubborn.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Employers cut jobs in July, and job growth was revised down for May and June. Net result is that the pop in hiring that we saw earlier this year now seems to have largely evaporated. We've now averaged just +20,000 jobs/month over the past three months. #NumbersDay
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Apple got a $2.2 billion tariff refund. Amazon got $600 million. Trump is sending the "refunds" to the companies, not working people. Every single cent of these refunds should go back to American consumers.
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digitaldesert.bsky.social @digitaldesert.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Good thread on how the government’s H2A program turned migrant farmworkers into little more than trafficked slaves, the 2024 reforms that mitigated the abuse, and last year’s Trump directive(see below) that stripped away those reforms. cdmigrante.org/trump-dol-ro...
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Trump administration strips worker protections for farmworkers recruited to work in the U.S. on H-2A visas
Last Friday, the Department of Labor (DOL) quietly suspended enforcement of its 2024 rule which strengthened protections for farmworkers recruited to work in the United States through the H-2A agricul...
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