News Archives - Stand Up for Workers Action Fund https://su4waction.org/category/news/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:08:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://su4waction.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/standup4workers-favicon.png News Archives - Stand Up for Workers Action Fund https://su4waction.org/category/news/ 32 32 Options After Callais https://su4waction.org/options-after-callais/ https://su4waction.org/options-after-callais/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:08:40 +0000 https://su4waction.org/?p=878 What are the options for dealing with Callais’ decimation of Sec. 2 of the Voting Rights Act and Rucho’s determination that partisan redistricting claims are not justiciable in the federal courts? Callais is already leading to the destruction of Black-majority congressional districts and to the destruction of any hope for a multi-racial democracy, especially in […]

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]]> https://su4waction.org/options-after-callais/feed/ 0 The Fifteenth Amendment and Callais https://su4waction.org/15thandcallais/ https://su4waction.org/15thandcallais/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:58:33 +0000 https://su4waction.org/?p=877 I wrote an article in the May issue of the Stand Up For Workers newsletter about the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais. I only briefly mentioned the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S Constitution in that piece. The Callais majority decision effectively determined that Sec. 2 of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional, while […]

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]]> https://su4waction.org/15thandcallais/feed/ 0 Response to Louisiana v. Callais Decision https://su4waction.org/lavcallais/ https://su4waction.org/lavcallais/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 19:17:06 +0000 https://su4waction.org/?p=870 The conservative majority of the Supreme Court just completed a project by Chief Justice Roberts, waged for more than four decades, to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act, seriously harming representative democracy in this country. First, a brief history lesson. From 1619 to 1865, most African Americans in the U.S. were enslaved, with “no rights which […]

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]]> https://su4waction.org/lavcallais/feed/ 0 National Employment Lawyers Association Applauds The Equal Remedies Act Of 2024 https://su4waction.org/national-employment-lawyers-association-applauds-the-equal-remedies-act-of-2024/ https://su4waction.org/national-employment-lawyers-association-applauds-the-equal-remedies-act-of-2024/#respond Wed, 08 May 2024 14:43:00 +0000 https://www.standupforworkers.org/?p=607 As it appears on NELA’s website. The act would eliminate statutory damage caps and enhance protections for workers in discrimination cases For Immediate ReleaseContact: Andrea Hansen509.306.1867ahansen@flyingcrow.com Concord, Calif. – May 8, 2024 – Today, in a significant milestone for workers’ rights, Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the […]

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]]> https://su4waction.org/national-employment-lawyers-association-applauds-the-equal-remedies-act-of-2024/feed/ 0 Congress Set To Drop Retraining Program For Workers Harmed By Globalization https://su4waction.org/congress-set-to-drop-retraining-program-for-workers-harmed-by-globalization/ https://su4waction.org/congress-set-to-drop-retraining-program-for-workers-harmed-by-globalization/#respond Fri, 20 May 2022 15:13:00 +0000 https://www.standupforworkers.org/?p=505 Despite the rise of conservative populism, Republicans aren’t interested in Trade Adjustment Assistance. As it appeared in HuffPost By Arthur Delaney WASHINGTON ― A long-standing benefit for workers laid off due to foreign trade will expire this year unless Congress acts — and it looks like Congress is not going to act. The Trade Adjustment […]

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