Labor

The people who work in the communications industries.

Silicon Valley workers learn to worry about their politics

For years, as the social-media and startup world exploded, the tech industry was known for the outspokenness of its employees — largely liberal-skewing young technologists on the West Coast, who pushed their companies hard to build policies that then became models for a new kind of American workplace. This is changing faster than anyone expected.

Commissioner Starks Statement on EEO Investigation into Comcast, NBCU

Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Geoffrey Starks issued remarks following reports that Chairman Carr has opened an investigation into the equal employment opportunity practices of Comcast and NBCUniversal. "Then-Commissioner Carr blasted the prior administration for acting in a way that ‘gives the FCC a nearly limitless power to veto private sector decisions,’" Starks said. "From what I know, this enforcement action is out of our lane and out of our reach.

The federal workforce's growing digital anxiety

Federal workers are on edge after the Trump administration spent its first days dismantling long-held protections for career staffers. There’s another safeguard that government employees worry the Trump administration will kneecap before it even gets off the ground: protecting them from online harassment.

Trump and Carr Team to Curb Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the FCC

President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term on Monday, January 20, and soon began fulfilling a number of campaign promises by signing a number of Executive Orders at Washington's Capital One Arena in front of thousands of supporters—a first in the nation's history—and later at the White House. Understanding the full impact of these executive actions will take some time; we start with an examination of the Executive Order on Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and how it is being implemented at the Federal Communications Commission.

FTC Grants Chairman Ferguson Authority to Comply with President Trump’s Orders to End DEI

The Federal Trade Commission approved a motion to give Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson authority needed to comply with President Trump’s executive orders ending DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] across the federal government. A motion to grant that authority to the Chairman was approved by a vote of 2-1-2. Commissioners Rebecca K. Slaughter and Lina M. Khan did not participate.

What DOGE actually is now

When President Trump finally issued his executive order formalizing the Department of Government Efficiency, its scope—or lack thereof—took Washington by surprise. While Elon Musk and now-departed DOGE co-founder Vivek Ramaswamy 

Notice Of Recission Of Federal Communications Commission's Equity Action Plan And Related Materials

Pursuant to the Executive Orders titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” and the Executive Order titled “Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions” issued by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission is rescinding its Equity Action Plan and all related materials and has discontinued www.fcc.gov/equity. 

FTC Chairman Ferguson Announces that DEI is Over at the FTC

DEI is a scourge on our institutions. It denies to all Americans the Constitution’s promise of equality before the law. It divides people into castes on the basis of immutable characteristics, and treats them as caste members rather than as individuals. It stokes tensions by elevating race and other immutable characteristics above merit and excellence. It promotes invidious discrimination. And it violates federal and natural law. I taken the following actions to protect the FTC’s employees and the American people from DEI:

Return to In-Person Work

Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary.

Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing

The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, in areas ranging from airline safety to the military.