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Sunday, April 5, 2026

News & Commentary: April 5, 2026 - onlabor.org

In today’s News and Commentary, President Trump proposes DOL budget cuts, NLRB rules in favor of cannabis employees’ unionization efforts, and Florida warehouse workers vote unanimously to authorize a strike. President Trump’s newest budget proposal would slash the DOL’s current $13.3 billion budget by 26 percent, with agencies like OSHA, Wage and Hour, and MSHA each losing tens of millions of...

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‘I always considered social media evil’: big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products - The Guardian

A key whistleblower in the tobacco industry’s landmark trials of the 1990s has been watching big tech’s recent court battles closely. Jeffrey Stephen Wigand, a biochemist who helped reveal how tobacco companies targeted children and hid just how addictive cigarettes were, has been struck with a feeling of familiarity. Last week’s verdict in a major social media trial that Meta and YouTube deli...

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