First “remote learning day” of the NYC Public Schools misguided plan to deny kids the small joy of a snow day is a fail 🙄. Just give them the day off Mayor Eric Adams

We don't know what precisely caused this. What we do know is that our clients are suing Southern and alleging the company uses a training repayment agreement provision (TRAP) to trap them in unsafe and dangerous jobs, and chill them from speaking out. /1

From our complaint :

We are proud to join ACLU, ACLUofColorado, and Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP in celebrating our settlement with Frontier Airlines – resolving charges that claimed the airline discriminated against pregnant and lactating employees. More in The Denver Post
denverpost.com/2023/12/04/fro…

More coverage of our work on stay-or-pay contracts - an increasingly common problem for American workers.

TWU Local 556, a union of CO-based flight attendants, represented by Towards Justice, has filed suit against Gov Polis arguing his admin granted Southwest Airlines an illegal backroom exemption from paid sick leave laws.

More: shorturl.at/DW569

So glad that we at Towards Justice are helping shine a light on this back room bs. I wish I could expect better from a dem administration but here we are. #copolitics

Great thread putting yesterday's great win for our clients and Towards Justice in context of the larger fight against #employerdrivendebt and modern-day indentured servitude.

More from the trapped-in-crummy-jobs-by-employer-driven-debt files

Terrific thread from my FriendBoss David Seligman #copolitics

We’re on the front page of the The Denver Post Business section this morning! Not only is our case against Amazon impacting thousands of drivers in Colorado, it could impact drivers nationwide.

Check out their latest here:

denverpost.com/2023/05/26/ama…

“To avoid falling behind, Schilling would pack plastic water bottles to urinate in during his shift.”

Read how, according to our clients, Amazon is effectively forcing its drivers to pee in plastic bottles and denying them reasonable bathroom access in Colorado Public Radio latest:

Things workers should not have to do:
- pee in bottles
- poop in dog waste bags
- ask permission to change a menstrual pad

This is pretty basic stuff and yet, here we are.*

* 'allegedly.' You're welcome, David.

Ever wonder what those bottles of yellow liquid are on your block? Just part of the day to day indignity of working as a driver for Amazon. In a case we filed today, our clients allege a host of indignities that add up to discrimination and wage theft.

Workers and business owners are consumers too. Towards Justice has been fighting to ensure that everyone is protected from predatory debt. We’re pleased to see the consumerfinance.gov take action.

Truly one of public radio’s greatest moments. I’m a stan for Michael Hill

NYT “trend” piece about “new evidence” that plaintiffs’ lawyers have been filing lawsuits about for decades 🤦🏼‍♀️ nytimes.com/2023/03/06/bus…

Preliminary injunction granted! A federal judge has halted an arbitration that our client, an immigrant worker, alleges was weaponized against him by his former employer as punishment for leaving his job. Read about this development: towardsjustice.org/2023/02/27/pre…