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McKenna Schueler is a freelance journalist based in Tampa, Florida. She regularly writes about labor, politics, policing, and behavioral health. You can find her on Twitter at @SheCarriesOn and send news tips to [email protected].
St. Petersburg 'employee relations' professional paid six-figures to 'communicate' with Amazon workers about unions
The retail giant spent at least $3.1 million on anti-union consultants last year.
By McKenna Schueler
Tags: Tampa Bay News, Amazon, LaThesia Hardy, Lev Labor
Dunedin First Presbyterian among organizations asking DeSantis to veto bill blocking workplace heat protection
HB 433 undercuts working people in other ways, too.
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Florida labor news, workers heat protection in Florida
Tampa Democrat changes tune after initially lining up behind Florida's controversial child labor law changes
The bill still passed the Republican-dominated Florida House in a 84-30 vote.
Tags: Tampa Bay News, Florida child labor, Rep. Susan Valdés
Tampa Democrat among those lining up behind controversial child labor law changes
'I trust in the process,' Rep. Susan Valdés, D-Tampa, said.
Tags: Florida News, Rep. Susan Valdés, child labor
Florida Republican behind effort to rollback child labor laws owns company with history of wage theft
Sen. Keith Perry is a co-sponsor on legislation that would loosen hazardous work requirements in construction for children as young as 16
Tags: Florida News, Sen. Keith Perry, Florida child labor laws
Florida GOP seeks to roll back child labor law, but critics argue the state is failing to protect children on the job as it is
A Tampa-area Tropical Smoothie Cafe,and several skating rinks in the Bay area were assessed thousands of dollars in civil penalties last year.
Tags: Florida News, Florida child labor
Florida Democrat refiles bill to re-establish a state labor department
Meanwhile, Republican state Rep. Tiffany Esposito filed a bill Monday that could undercut efforts to enhance worker protections.
Tags: Florida News, Florida Labor Department, Angie Nixon
A Tampa Bay Republican and a billionaire-backed conservative think tank are working together to roll back child labor laws
The number of minors working in violation of child labor law has spiked 88% since 2019
Tags: Tampa Bay News, Linda Cheney, Foundation for Government Accountability, Opportunity Solutions Project
Out of state abortions in Florida up nearly 25% as six-week ban looms
Neighboring Southern states have severely restricted or completely banned abortion.
Tags: Florida News, Abortion Rights, Florida abortions, Agency for Health Care Administration, Ron DeSantis
Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani files bill to prevent criminal charges for getting an abortion
Ron DeSantis falsely claimed on TV that state law currently only criminalizes abortion providers, not people who get abortions.
Tags: Florida News, Abortion Rights, Anna Eskamani, Ron DeSantis Florida abortion law
Florida’s minimum wage went up — but will the state actually enforce wage violations?
Wage violations run rampant in Florida, in part because enforcement is toothless and few politicians are interested.
Tags: Florida News, Florida minimum wage, Florida wage violations
Florida keeps using unpaid prison labor to prepare for hurricanes
We had a word for that once: slavery. Now? It’s a little more complicated.
Tags: Florida News, Florida Department of Corrections, Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
Florida parents launch Parenting With Pride program to counter 'rising tide of right-wing extremism'
Over 1,000 families across Florida, from Pensacola to Key West, have expressed interest in the program
Tags: Florida News, Equality Florida, Parenting With Pride, Moms For Liberty
Florida Democrats vow to ‘Take Back Florida’
Democrats will be traveling to a mix of Democratic and Republican-leaning counties over the next several weeks.
Tags: Florida News, Florida Democrats, Nikki Fried
UCF professor of civil rights history discusses Florida's new Black history standards
'The whitewashing of the history curriculum goes back decades.'
Tags: Florida News, Florida Black history, Robert Cassanello. Ron DeSantis, Manny Diaz
Checking drugs for 'tranq' could prevent harm, but testing for xylazine is still illegal in Florida
There’s a catch with what the new law that decriminalizes fentanyl test strips.
Tags: Florida News, xylazine, Florida overdoses
Mailers sent to Florida public workers are rife with disinformation about the state’s new union bill
An out-of-state think tank sent them in response to Florida’s newly passed SB 256.
Tags: Florida News, Florida labor unions, SB 256, Freedom Foundation
In just one month, Florida activist have gathered 100,000 signatures to get abortion on the 2024 ballot
Nearly 900,000 petitions are needed to get the measure onto the 2024 ballot, with a deadline of Feb. 1, 2024.
Tags: Florida News, Abortion Rights, Floridians Protecting Freedom, Florida abortion rights, Progress Florida
'Immoral and disgusting': California officials link DeSantis to migrant flights
Documents linked this relocation of the migrants to a controversial program managed by Florida’s Division of Emergency Management.
Tags: Florida News, Politics, Ron DeSantis
Riverview call center workers plan one-day strike Monday, demanding better working conditions, better pay
They’re organizing for better working conditions, better pay, respect, protection from layoffs, and safety in the workplace.
Tags: Tampa Bay News, Maximus, Riverview call center
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Five Tampa restaurants earn Michelin stars in 2024 guide
By Kyla Fields
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs public school chaplains bill, says satanists need not apply
By Michael Moline and Florida Phoenix
New cheesesteak spot Little Philly opens in downtown St. Pete
Cinema’s ‘Nasty Women,’ and ladies who improved women’s rights, are center of two events in Tampa Bay this weekend
By Ray Roa
Iconic Motown diva Diana Ross has come along way from the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects in Detroit, and now she's putting her stunning…
By Colin Wolf
Only a handful are left, but one of the original Davis Islands home is now on the market. Located at 36 Columbia…
The University of South Florida (USF) is going to produce more tortured poets than usual this semester. The English department at the…
When it comes to new local eats, there's a lot to be excited about in 2024, and so far this year is…
By CL Staff
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