Welcome to #FTWeekendFestival! Shout-out to FT US Guild members on today’s program, including Lilah Raptopoulos, @mfilippino, Robert Armstrong & @sonjahutson. They want a #faircontractnow, just like all our unit's 60+ US workers. Sadly, Financial Times defines “fair” as “heads I win, tails you lose”.

The limbo of work and legal status has pushed many of the 182,000 migrants who have arrived in NYC since 2022 to informal jobs in the city’s underground economy. Here are their stories. (with Eva Xiao & Steff Chavez in the Financial Times) on.ft.com/3JUpEmo

SO BASICALLY PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE JUST 0.4% OF THE NEW YORK CITY BUDGET, BUT THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO CUT THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET WAY BACK. I’M TALKING $58.3 MILLION! LIBRARIES ARE ALREADY CLOSED ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS CUTS AND MOST BRANCHES WILL BE OPEN FOR JUST FIVE DAYS A

#HotStrikeSummer may be over but labor is still heating up. We've assembled a panel of union organizers and reporters covering the movement for what is guaranteed to be an interesting discussion ft April Joyner Taylor Nicole Rogers Bianca Flowers and NewsGuild of New York Pres Susan DeCarava #NABJ24

From Chicago James Fontanella-Khan Taylor Nicole Rogers Donald Trump questions Kamala Harris’s racial identity at Black journalist conference ft.com/content/9fe651…

A great time to re-read this fascinating piece by Taylor Nicole Rogers on Kamala Harris’s college sorority. Skee-wee! ft.com/content/f511bd… via @ft

At #NABJ24? Join the Financial Times masterclass on sourcing, moderated by yours truly, at 1pm!

An internal poll conducted before Biden withdrew found Teamsters were split: 37% for Trump, 45% for Biden. -⁦Taylor Nicole Rogers⁩ on.ft.com/4dPQbOm

As 9,300 Canadian rail workers threaten to strike at midnight, business leaders warn of “devastating” consequences for North American economies Financial Times ft.com/content/8b7e6c…

How did Harley-Davidson chief executive Jochen Zeitz go from cofounding a non-profit aiming to make businesses a force for social good to publicly repudiating the motorcycle maker's DEI goals? ft.com/content/bf37e8… via Claire Bushey, Patrick Temple-West & myself @ft

We have some exciting news to share: We have a deal!! More than two years after our union was recognized, we’ve finally come to a tentative agreement with the Financial Times and will put it to our members for a vote.

“I think it’s very important to not operate from the assumption that Black men are in anybody’s pocket" - by Taylor Nicole Rogers in Philly at NABJ event with the VP, and the Financial Times's Steff Chavez in DC ft.com/content/8c7032… via @ft

Ports along the US east and gulf coasts shut down this morning after dock workers went on strike for the first time in nearly 50 years. ft.com/content/abd007… Financial Times

✊🏾The “Hot Strike Summer” wave may be fading, but layoffs and cuts prove journalism unions are still key. Join #NABJ & Taylor Nicole Rogers April Joyner Danielle Newsome Stephanie Brumsey this Wednesday's webinar! 🔔P.S. Attend a webinar by 12/11 for a chance to win in our Learn & Win giveaway! 🔗in bio!

The strike threat at US ports may have passed, but that was just the first of the coming battles over robots in workplaces. As automation becomes reality everywhere from retail warehouses to restaurant kitchens, workers are ready to fight FREE TO READ Financial Times ft.com/content/eb11f6…

Happy to have been on the Financial Times dream team looking into corporate America's lurch to the right "There are conservative pressures in this political climate, and folks are just anticipating a change in the administration and . . . aligning their strategies.." on.ft.com/3PyUmEp

"Do I need to go tell my CEO his tax rate may double?" How corporate America and its advisers navigated Trump's first week. My story on the new administration's executive order blitz, with Jamie Smyth James Fontanella-Khan Taylor Nicole Rogers & Camilla Hodgson ft.com/content/3af7a7…

Hi all - I'm going to be covering for the wonderful Taylor Nicole Rogers while she takes a well-earned sabbatical from the end of this week. If you want to chat about labour, equality or food systems in the US (yes - her beat is wide-ranging!), drop me a line!