Quick Hits The number of representation election petitions filed increased in 2022 and 2023 from the prior three years. The restaurant industry jumped to the top of the list of industries in... Read more »
Labor organizing activity rose over the past two years with nearly as many representation election (RC) petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from 2022 through 2023 as the previous... Read more »
A surge in fentanyl deaths in the Pacific Northwest, including among children, has prompted leaders in Oregon and Washington to name overdose deaths a top issue and take aggressive steps to confront... Read more »
Washington D.C. police have begun handing out free AirTags for iPhone users and Tile trackers for people using Android in their latest effort to tackle the ongoing rise in carjackings in the... Read more »
A Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice study found that Tallahassee and Leon County are experiencing a spike in violent crime, Elena Barrera reports for Tallahassee Democrat. Homicide and... Read more »
While hate crimes against Jews and Muslims in the United States have spiked in recent years, authorities are now warning that yet another surge could take place in response to the renewed... Read more »
A UK Home Office report found that a record number of hate crimes were committed against transgender people last year in England and Wales, Michael Goodier reports for The Guardian. In the... Read more »
A new report by the Anti-Defamation League found that racist propaganda campaigns and antisemitic acts more than doubled last year in Illinois, with antisemitic acts specifically rising to their highest level in... Read more »
CCJ Senior Fellow Thomas Abt, director of the Violence Reduction Center at the University of Maryland, says that the results just show that more needs to be done. “The mid-year findings are... Read more »