Labor Reporter @washingtonpost also covering immigration & the economy, formerly @vice Tips? Signal: laurengurley.35 / lauren.gurley@washpost.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenkaorigurley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social/post/3mfrhb4fgsc2pTrump's Labor Department just proposed a pro-business rule would make it easier for companies to classify more workers as independent contractors rather than employees -Rescinds Biden era definition -Implications for gig workers, construction, truck drivers & many more26 Feb 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:4skib7x7yjgvmtkjzotcmpn3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrhb4fgsc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social/post/3mfmsytq65k26new: The Labor Secretary's husband remains banned from the DOL HQ, although local police closed an investigation. Three female labor staffers, all political appointees, complained internally that Shawn DeRemer touched them inappropriately. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/24/labor-secretary-husband-sexual-assault-allegations/24 Feb 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:4skib7x7yjgvmtkjzotcmpn3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmsytq65k26https://bsky.app/profile/laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social/post/3me2i5kygcc25The Washington Post laid off hundreds of the country's most dogged reporters today, who did indispensable work holding the powerful accountable at home & abroad. We are heartbroken. Please share with anyone who cares about the future of journalism: https://www.gofundme.com/f/standing-together-for-guild-colleagues04 Feb 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:4skib7x7yjgvmtkjzotcmpn3/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2i5kygcc25https://bsky.app/profile/laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social/post/3md7diahu3k2wVigil for Alex Pretti in S. Minneapolis - changing “Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe!”24 Jan 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:4skib7x7yjgvmtkjzotcmpn3/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7diahu3k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social/post/3md6vsosvqs2bScene blocks from Minneapolis shooting getting very hot — ICE setting off grenades and tear gas on protestors at many intersections. Giant clouds of smoke with little visibility. Armored trucks with FBI and Minn national guard rolling down street. Medics carrying out injured protestor on stretcher24 Jan 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:4skib7x7yjgvmtkjzotcmpn3/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6vsosvqs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social/post/3md4sevnk3s24Many thousands of protestors called out of work, school, refused to spent their money here in Minneapolis today where the high was -7 with windchill. Lake St, the commercial thoroughfare in S Minneapolis, was a ghost town. Closest thing to a general strike in my lifetime.23 Jan 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:4skib7x7yjgvmtkjzotcmpn3/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4sevnk3s24