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Federal Job Applications Will Soon Have Essay Questions About Trump’s Executive Orders And Government Efficiency

Reposted by Lisa Bernt

Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · May 30

Federal job seekers quizzed on Executive Orders and how they would support them www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

A set of new essay questions will be added to federal job applications as part of an executive order from the president that seeks to reform the federal hiring process.

www.forbes.com

Workers' Rights Webinar: Domestic Workers

Reposted by Lisa Bernt

Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jun 4

Workers' Rights Webinar: Domestic Workers, June 16, 5:30-7
www.boston.gov/calendar/wor...

This webinar will review the rights of Domestic Workers, and how to file complaints and get support should your rights be violated. Domestic workers provide services in a home. These services include ...

Trump Administration Tells State Regulators It Won’t Back Some Discrimination Claims

Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · May 28

Trump Administration Tells State Regulators It Won’t Back Some Discrimination Claims www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...

A big Trump administration cutback went nearly unnoticed

Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · May 27

A big Trump administration cutback went nearly unnoticed

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

About 32,000 low-paid AmeriCorps members lost their positions in April, gutting some health clinics, food pantries and other human service organizations.

www.washingtonpost.com

White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.

Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · May 20

White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?”

www.washingtonpost.com

Adverse Actions in the Wake of <EM>Muldrow v. City of St. Louis</EM>

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · May 9

Gavriela Bogin-Farber and Anna Bottrell on
Adverse Actions in the Wake of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
www.massbar.org/publications...

www.massbar.org

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Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · May 9

Trump Seeks to Strip Away Legal Tool Key to Civil Rights Enforcement www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

Trump Seeks to Strip Away Legal Tool Key to Civil Rights Enforcement

Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowded Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns

Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · May 5

V.A. Mental Health Care Staff, Crowded into Federal Buildings, Raise Patient Privacy Alarms www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/u...

Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where sensitive conversations can be overheard.

Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs

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Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · Apr 25

Trump Budget to Take Ax to ‘Radical’ Safety Net Programs www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

A draft document outlines steep cuts or the elimination of funding for programs that provide child care, housing assistance, foreign aid and health research.

Judges Worry Trump Could Tell U.S. Marshals to Stop Protecting Them

Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · Apr 25

Judges Worry Trump Could Tell U.S. Marshals to Stop Protecting Them www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · Apr 24

What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too

An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.

National Law Day of Action

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Apr 22

National Law Day of Action May 1: For bar associations, lawyers, the public
lawdayofaction.org

lawdayofaction.org

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Apr 22

City of Boston: Youth Workers' Rights webinar April 24 from 5:30 - 7:00
www.boston.gov/calendar/wor...

Workers' Rights Webinar: Youth Workers

Having a job as a young person can have many benefits, but it can come with risks too. From 2022 to 2023, child labor violations in the US reached their highest level in about two decades. Recent stud...

‘People are signing up in droves’: Federal workers' unions see DOGE-inspired surge - The Boston Globe

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Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · Feb 8

Federal workers flock to unions www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/08/n...

As President Trump and Elon Musk move to upend the government, labor unions that represent federal workers have seen their membership rolls rapidly expand.

www.bostonglobe.com

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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · Jan 27

Students: Apply by February 7 for the UC Berkeley Labor Summer paid internship! Details and application: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-summer...

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 28

MA Gov. Issues Formal Policy Prohibiting Non-Disclosure Agreements Across Executive Branch www.mass.gov/news/governo...

www.mass.gov

Labor Compliance and Worker Protections

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 28

The firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP has just directed a cy pres award (unclaimed moneys from class action settlements) to the Fair Employment Project! Thank you to Adam Shafran, partner at Rudolph Friedman, who represented the plaintiffs

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 6

City of Boston is hosting Workers' Rights Webinar for Uber and Lyft Workers 1/13 from 10:30-12:00 www.boston.gov/departments/...

The Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections: Protects and promotes labor standards and policies that create fair workplaces for all workers. Uses the power and scale of the City of Boston's ...

Labor Compliance and Worker Protections

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 6

Workers' Rights Training: Health and Safety (In Spanish) Jan 11 in Boston
www.boston.gov/departments/...

The Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections: Protects and promotes labor standards and policies that create fair workplaces for all workers. Uses the power and scale of the City of Boston's ...

Labor Compliance and Worker Protections

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 6

Workers' Rights Clinic in Boston Jan 14
www.boston.gov/departments/...

The Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections: Protects and promotes labor standards and policies that create fair workplaces for all workers. Uses the power and scale of the City of Boston's ...

The Worker Empowerment Cabinet advances the well-being of Boston workers in the public and private sectors. Our goals include: setting the City’s future policy and vision for workers regulating, overs...

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 6

Today, Jan 6, 4-6 p.m.: Wage theft clinic at Suffolk Law School in Boston

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 2

The City of Boston is hosting webinars on workplace rights www.boston.gov/government/c...

Worker Empowerment