Florida’s minimum wage rises to $14 an hour www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...

Effective today, Florida's min. wage is now $14 an hour, nearly double the federal min. wage. This wage hike comes as a result of a ballot measure approved by voters in 2020. It got more votes of support in Florida that year than either Trump or Biden. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...

Florida AG candidate vows to enforce minimum wage law, if elected

to be clear, it's not a lawsuit — they are criminal charges, and only half of them have been dismissed (so far!)

A low bar but although Florida's Attorney General is the only state official empowered to hold employers accountable for paying at least minimum wage, there is little/no evidence that the AG's office has ever taken enforcement action to do so.

A low bar but although Florida's Attorney General is the only state official empowered to hold employers accountable for paying at least minimum wage, there is little/no evidence that the AG's office has ever taken enforcement action to do so.

Shoutout to my Substack subscribers whose annual subscriptions just happened to renew ahead of my birthday

Florida Democrat Kelly Skidmore has revived an effort to defund a controversial, state-funded program that promotes anti-abortion pregnancy centers. “I believe that if you’re going to DOGE our counties and our cities, then start in your own house,” she says www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...

Protester assaulted at Pulse crosswalk

Global Peace Film Festival brings Oscar-winning labor documentarian Barbara Kopple to Orlando

The Global Peace Film Festival is bringing Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple to Orlando this week to present two of her films, including the classic labor documentary Harlan County USA. Had the pleasure of connecting with her for a Q&A: www.orlandoweekly.com/arts/global-...

New roundup of reported activity by Florida's union-avoidance consultants and the employers in Florida that hire them: caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/busted-wha...

#Florida teachers union president slams intimidation after state edu-ma-cation officials threaten social media probe of anyone who dared to speak the truth about Charlie Kirk. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida... via @shecarrieson.bsky.social

Florida teachers union president slams intimidation after state threatens social media probe

Orlando officials file request with #Florida DOT to restore rainbow crosswalk at Pulse memorial, pointing out that it's not political. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando... via @shecarrieson.bsky.social

“In an engagement agreement with the City of Peekskill, New York, the [Littler Mendelson] firm says its attorneys make as much as $1,760 an hour” prospect.org/justice/2025...

Florida Medical Association defends vaccines for kids after state leaders target mandates

In 2024, Florida H&M store workers joined their northeastern colleagues by voting to unionize in the anti-union South. Check out this great Substack on labor issues in Florida by @shecarrieson.bsky.social: caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/an-inside-...

#Florida city councilman has side gig as Amazon union-buster, but his required income reporting is full of holes www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida... via @shecarrieson.bsky.social

Florida city councilman had side gig as Amazon union-buster, but his required reporting is full of holes

Workers at the Italy pavilion of Disney World’s Epcot, employed by the Patina Group, will take a strike vote due to lack of progress in union contract talks. If authorized/approved by workers, a strike could be called as soon as their contract expires Sept. 30 @orlandoweekly.bsky.social

Almost 55 years after the Occupational Safety & Health Act promised safe & healthful working conditions for "every" working man and woman," public employees in 23 states still have no OSHA coverage, no right to come home safe at the end of the day. And they're dying. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Orlando’s Pulse memorial rainbow crosswalk painted over in ‘callous’ overnight act

Orange County jail medical staff decry ‘two-tier’ pay system, report feeling undervalued www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orange-...

All solidarity with those educators and school communities! I taught in a West Oakland KIPP (read: flush with cash they chose not to use) that had no AC and no heat mitigation strategy- over 90 in my upstairs classroom every day til thanksgiving. Did permanent damage to my vocal cords.

☀️ Florida teachers are fighting for the most basic classroom condition: AC. In Orlando, extreme heat has already hospitalized students. Now, unions are demanding enforceable temperature protections. @shecarrieson.bsky.social reports:

New roundup of what Florida’s “union avoidance” professionals have reportedly been up to, targeting organizing drives with the Teamsters, United Auto Workers, and other unions: caringclassrevolt.substack.com/p/busted-wha...

#Florida school board again rejects Moms for Liberty proposal to ditch LGBTQ+ History Month proclamation. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orange-... via @shecarrieson.bsky.social

"In Florida, educators face a historically hostile environment. ... [I]n 2024, Florida's Republican-controlled legislature barred local governments from establishing any heat safety mandates for employers."

New from me for @inthesetimes.com: As extreme heat rises in Orlando, Florida, teachers turn to collective bargaining to ensure comfortable, air-conditioned classrooms inthesetimes.com/article/flor...

Orlando distributor paid union-busting firm to persuade workers to ditch union

Workers demand Disney investigate contractor for allegedly violating Disney code of conduct

New National Nurses United organizing campaign just dropped at HCA’s Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in north FL.

New watchdog report finds Central Florida union busters failing to comply with federal law

Central Florida Public Media, a NPR member and nonprofit public radio station in Orlando, is holding a one-day community fund drive today to fill a $400,000 gap from recent state and federal budget cuts. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/central...

New watchdog report finds Central Florida union busters failing to comply with federal law www.orlandoweekly.com/news/new-wat...

a.ka. When the federal government cares more about regulating DEI than consultants who are paid thousands of dollars a day to convince working people they don't need to collectively fight for a living wage and a voice on the job.

Central Florida happens to be home to a number of very active “union avoidance” consultants. Records show, however, that several aren't complying w/ a federal law that requires them to disclose how much they're paid to persuade workers against unionizing: www.orlandoweekly.com/news/new-wat...

Why do all of the wildest things from contemporary Florida labor history (including the dismantling of Florida's state labor department and apparently the creation of a fake teachers union in the '90s) involve Jeb Bush? www.orlandoweekly.com/news/educati...

Orlando aircraft fuelers score guaranteed PTO and pay raise in new union contract

NEW for @inthesetimes.com: The oil and gas industry has long cut corners on transporting its toxic waste, and truckers—and the towns they drive through—have been paying the price. A coalition of truckers and environmentalists are trying to change that. inthesetimes.com/article/oil-...

Orange County rejects plan for local jail staff to transport ICE detainees to Alligator Alcatraz

Orange County scraps minority and women business program to comply with federal anti-DEI orders

"A stagehand at Walt Disney World should have the same fundamental protections as an auto worker in Detroit" - @iatse.bsky.social Local 631’s Paul Cox about the Trump administration's push to weaken worker safety laws for entertainment professionals www.orlandoweekly.com/news/trump-a...

In a state with one of the most challenging referendum processes in the nation, organizers gathered more than double the number of required signatures to give voters a chance to defeat an anti-union bill. inthesetimes.com/article/utah...

New: The Trump administration is looking to make it easier for employers in the entertainment and related industries to evade responsibility for certain hazards on the job. OSHA has cited an old SeaWorld Orlando case to support the proposed rule change: www.orlandoweekly.com/news/trump-a...

New: The Trump administration is looking to make it easier for employers in the entertainment and related industries to evade responsibility for certain hazards on the job. OSHA has cited an old SeaWorld Orlando case to support the proposed rule change: www.orlandoweekly.com/news/trump-a...

New roundup of self-reported activity disclosed by Florida’s “union avoidance” consultants last month: open.substack.com/pub/caringcl...

We’ve announced our intent to form a union and are seeking voluntary recognition. Here’s why: newsguild.org/snopes-worke...

DeSantis vetoes millions in state funding requests for Central Florida projects