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![President Joe Biden speaks during a Fourth of July event on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0718-biden-p-800x600.jpg)
Biden Proposed a Rent Cap for Corporate Landlords. What’s Next?
Biden’s rent control plan must pass through Congress to become reality. Tenants say the president could still act now.
![A pregnant woman in ppe crosses a busy intersection while talking on her cell phone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0717-pregnant-worker-400x300.jpg)
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Includes Heat Safety Protections at Work
While the law has been enforceable since 2023, it wasn’t until June that its final regulations went into effect.
![The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is pictured on August 18, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0711-irs-400x300.jpg)
IRS Has Collected Over $1B From Wealthy Tax Cheats, Thanks to New Funding
Republicans have clawed back part of the funding allowing the agency to chase after millionaires for unpaid taxes.
![Mike Johnson](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0710-mike-johnson-400x300.jpg)
Unions Urge Lawmakers to Resist GOP Efforts to Undo Pro-Labor Rules
A joint letter lists over a dozen recently finalized or pending rules that are in congressional Republicans' crosshairs.
![The facade and frieze of the U.S. Supreme Court building](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0710-scotus-building-400x300.jpg)
The Supreme Court Is Demolishing Decades of Precedent on Workers’ Rights
A flurry of Supreme Court rulings this term has undermined workers and underscored the court’s anti-union agenda.
![Members of the National Education Association Staff Organization participated in a picket line outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center from July 4 to July 7, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0709-neaso-400x300.jpg)
Why Did the National Education Association Just Lock Out Its Own Staffers?
The US’s largest labor union has retaliated against the three-day strike of its 350 staff members.
![Jane McAlevey speaks into a microphone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-jane-mcalevey-400x300.jpg)
Labor Movement Commemorates the Life of Union Organizer Jane McAlevey
McAlevey, who passed away on Sunday, continued to organize, teach and write nearly to the end.
![FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing in Rayburn Building on May 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0704-lina-khan-ftc-400x300.jpg)
FTC Ban on Anti-Worker Noncompete Clauses Stalled by Trump Judge
The judge signaled she would likely block the rule in its entirety with her final decision in the case on August 30.
![agricultural workers tend to crops while wearing clothing to protect them from the sun](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0703-climate-workers-heat-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Proposal Would Protect 36 Million Workers Facing Extreme Heat on the Job
Labor advocates applauded the plan but warned that federal labor standards for extreme heat are long overdue.
![Congo Still Fights to Control Its Own Resources 64 Years After Its Independence](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/SEG3-Lumumba-400x300.jpg)
Congo Still Fights to Control Its Own Resources 64 Years After Its Independence
Author and analyst Vijay Prashad discusses how poverty and resource exploitation still ravage the country to this day.
![A man in a ppe mask cuts romaine lettuce in a field alongside many other workers, separated from eachother by plastic dividers](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0701-agricultural-workers-400x300.jpg)
New Labor Department Protections Empower H-2A Agricultural Workers to Organize
The work of groups like Migrant Justice and Centro de los Derechos del Migrante helped lay the groundwork for the rule.
![Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0701-kyriakos-mitsotakis-400x300.jpg)
Greece Just Became the First European Country to Impose a 6-Day Workweek
Years of brutal neoliberal capitalism combined with the left’s betrayal have led to widespread political demoralization.
![Marta Gaspar, a farm worker, covers guava fruits from pests with plastic bags at a farm on November 2, 2023, in Homestead, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-1766414354-400x300.jpg)
Florida Ban on Protections for Outdoor Workers Goes Into Effect Amid Record Heat
The same interests lobbying against heat protection for workers also pushed to roll back child labor protections.