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Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action

U.S. hospitals are increasingly hiring Filipino nurses for remote roles to fill staffing gaps and for cost savings, but the practice may be aggravating shortages in the Philippines.

The AFL-CIO held its 30th convention in Minneapolis, where less than a week later, several unionists were arrested for their anti-ICE resistance. Minnesota unionists say now is the time to translate AFL-CIO recognition into concrete support.

Hundreds of staff members at Hachette Book Group voted to unionize forming the largest union in American trade book publishing at one of the biggest publishers in the United States.

The Game Changers project presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans. See the website (https://peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/) for more Game Changer ideas.

Microsoft laid off 1,600 employees across its Xbox division this week, including hundreds of union video game workers represented by Communications Workers of America.

The Economy, the Environment, and the Future of Work

Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated — and often riskier — investments.

A federal judge declined to pause expanded Labor Department reporting requirements that unions say will bury them in paperwork and divert money from organizing and bargaining.

A year after Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut them loose, almost 17 percent remained unemployed.