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New Haven march calls for hiring to end jobs crisis
June 17, 2015Every neighborhood and many unions rallied together behind the banner of New Haven Rising for good jobs for city residents.
Read more“Right-to-work” goes down the drain in Maine
June 17, 2015Following effective worker lobbying, meetings, phone calls and 10,000 post cards, RTW legislation was defeated by a 90-52 margin in the state House.
Read moreWhy 2016 is all about raising pay
June 15, 2015How has the middle class dissolved and childhood poverty risen while we continue to create more millionaires and billionaires?
Read moreIt’s always baseball season for Steelworkers at Louisville Slugger
June 12, 2015The workers produce, on average, 3,200 bats each day for souvenirs and retail sale and about 300 bats per day for major league baseball players.
Read moreDelta baggage handler files suit over retaliatory firing
June 12, 2015Hedges has been active in trying to organize a union among ground workers at Delta and in 15Now, a movement to raise wages among airport workers to $15 an hour.
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