Michael Sainato

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Sainato

Millions of legal immigrants may be left unable to work after the US Social Security Administration quietly instituted a rule change to stop automatically issuing them social security numbers. The Enumeration Beyond Entry program is an agreement between the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, where US Citizenship and Immigration Services would provide social security with information from applicants for work authorization or naturalization.

3 weeks ago | portside.org | Michael Sainato

Trump Takes ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Workers’ Rights Amid Global ‘Freefall’, New Report Says Published June 2, 2025 Workers’ rights across every continent in the world are in a “freefall”, according to the 2025 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union Confederation, the largest trade union federation in the world. The index noted workers’ rights and democracy around the world are often under attack by “far-right politicians and their unelected billionaire backers.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Sainato

Workers’ rights across every continent in the world are in a “freefall”, according to the 2025 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union Confederation, the largest trade union federation in the world. The index noted workers’ rights and democracy around the world are often under attack by “far-right politicians and their unelected billionaire backers.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Sainato

Workers at the US Department of Energy say cuts and deregulations are undermining the ability for the department to function and will result in significant energy cost hikes for consumers. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will raise energy costs for American households by as much as 7% in 2035 due to the repeal of energy tax credits and could put significant investment and energy innovation at risk, according to a report by the Rhodium Group.

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Michael Sainato

Labor unions representing undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral and academic workers at Harvard University criticized the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent Harvard from enrolling foreign students, calling it “one of the single largest concentrated deportation threats against a unionized workforce in our nation’s history”.