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In non-war news: Hotel workers at Hilton Buena Vista Palace in Orlando have approved a new union contract delivering sizeable pay raises, auto gratuities for servers/bartenders—and importantly, stronger protections for immigrant workers, per UNITE HERE Local 737 orlandoweekly.com/news/hilton-ho…

Last year that meant torpedoing tons of appropriations requests to cities and counties across Florida. It'll be interesting to see whether funding for infrastructure improvements and other projects will be on the chopping block.

Real generous 2% raise coming to state employees in Florida, come July 1 tallahassee.com/story/news/loc…

Utah voters will get the chance to vote on whether to repeal a controversial state law approved earlier this year that banned public sector collective bargaining (cops & firefighters included). A temporary stay has blocked the law from taking effect. deseret.com/utah/2025/06/2…

New from me: Orange County leaders (FL) are set to vote next week on suspending their Minority Women Business Enterprise program (first established in 1983) in order to comply with the Trump admin's anti-DEI orders and associated fed. grant requirements. orlandoweekly.com/news/county-le…

There’s a bill that’s been sitting on Ron DeSantis’ desk for more than a week now that would strengthen Florida’s anti-corruption laws. It’s a good-government reform bill that would normally be an obvious one to sign. Except this bill was spurred by DeSantis’ behavior. 🧵...

A 75-year-old Cuban man who arrived in the United States nearly six decades ago died Thursday after three weeks in immigration detention in Miami. He's 5th person to die in ICE custody in Florida this year. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm… by Syra Ortiz Blanes Claire Healy

The Florida Legislature passed a bill to stop the governor from using his office to interfere in elections and prevent his aides from squeezing lobbyists for campaign contributions. It was a bipartisan bill that passed on 97-1 and 37-0 votes. And Ron DeSantis vetoed it.

News: The Labor Dept announced an "aggressive" deregulatory agenda today to cut 63 regulations On cutting board: -union protections for migrant farmworkers on H2a visas -minimum wage/overtime for home health workers - affirmative action requirements for apprenticeships

Brightline workers in Florida represented by TWU are calling on Brightline to drop a lawsuit the rail company filed in an attempt to delay/overturn union election results. A new letter from the feds could help their case orlandoweekly.com/news/feds-side…

The U.S. Labor Department announced plans this week to slash more than 60 regulations, including eliminating overtime and minimum wage protections for home health care workers and union organizing rights for migrant farmworkers, via Lauren Kaori Gurley washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

".Brightline filed this frivolous lawsuit as a delay tactic when it became clear their workers wanted a union. The FRA agrees with the TWU that Brightline needs to stop playing games and admit they are a rail carrier to keep getting federal grant $$$." John Samuelsen

New: The Trump admin has proposed a new rule that could make it easier for employers in the entertainment & sports industries to evade responsibility for certain hazards on the job. OSHA has cited an old SeaWorld case to support the proposed change: orlandoweekly.com/news/trump-adm…

In a state with one of the most challenging referendum processes in the nation, organizers gathered more than double the number of required signatures to give voters a chance to defeat an anti-union bill. inthesetimes.com/article/utah-l…

OSHA under Trump wants to weaken (or, as they put it, “clarify”) the general duty clause for workers in certain industries “to exclude from enforcement known hazards that are inherent and inseparable from the core nature of a professional activity or performance.”

NEW: The calls from Alligator Alcatraz’s first detainees brought distressing news: Toilets that didn’t flush. Temperatures went from freezing to sweltering. A hospitalization. And little or no access to showers, much less confidential calls w/ attorneys. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

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New from me: Fernando Artese, a 63-year-old Argentine living in Miami, was on his way to a new life in Spain. Now, he’s locked up at Alligator Alcatraz. miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-dad…