Politics
20 years without a raise drives Univ. Of New Mexico faculty to unionize
November 6, 2019The votes continued a trend at public universities nationwide which have seen faculty turn to unionization to gain better working conditions, job security, and—for the adjuncts—decent pay.
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Fight for $15 returns to NYC with Chipotle in its crosshairs
October 31, 2019Chipotle is forced by law to pay $15 here, but it still doesn’t recognize its workers’ right to organize without employer interference and intimidation.
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Trump sinks deeper into the impeachment mud with each passing day
October 30, 2019Parade of witnesses each day testify that the most damaging claims of the whistleblowers are true.
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Senate Dems: Trump EPA attack on its workers is illegal
October 30, 2019The Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to unilaterally cut off bargaining with its workers and impose a new and regressive contract on them breaks federal labor law.
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Israeli Arab lawmaker Ayman Odeh to Gantz: Accept us into government
October 29, 2019"The occupation is a Palestinian tragedy and also an Israeli prison. We must liberate both peoples,” Odeh told the J Street conference in Washington.
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