Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, LABOR PULSE—Welcome to the Gilded Age, (Feb 23, 2026)

By Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq.

“America’s ‘Gilded Age’ was an era of enormous wealth disparity.”

In this month’s Labor Pulse, Jim Castagnera reflects on the civil service reforms that emerged in the late 19th Century in the U.S., in no smal ...

By Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq.

“America’s ‘Gilded Age’ was an era of enormous wealth disparity.”

In this month’s Labor Pulse, Jim Castagnera reflects on the civil service reforms that emerged in the late 19th Century in the U.S., in no small part due to the leadership of Teddy Roosevelt, in the context of recent executive actions that would tend to undermine the Progressive Era’s aspirations toward federal civil service independence.

“[T]he proliferation of orders from the Oval Office during the past couple of decades,” Jim observes, “is notable by any previous standard. So too have been the court challenges to these presidential mandates.”

To learn more about these developments, enjoy Jim’s latest Labor Pulse article, “Welcome to the Gilded Age.”

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