This week's labor news highlights significant developments, including an uptick in membership among federal employee unions facing challenges from executive orders. Federal workers express feelings of degradation and demoralization amid overwhelming demands and orders. A dairy farmer in Minnesota faces criminal charges over wage theft, and the reopening of Mayday Cafe as a worker-owned cooperative is noteworthy. Additionally, public perception indicates Americans believe Democrats lack concern for economic issues, and Whole Foods is contesting a union election in Philadelphia, reflecting ongoing labor tensions.
"We feel very degraded and insulted ... We feel terrorized," said Regina Marsh, a Minnesota-based claim specialist for Social Security, reflecting the frustrations of federal workers.
"In all my years, we've been in and out of administrations on both sides of the aisle, and it's never really changed our lives that drastically," said Marsh, highlighting her disillusionment.
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