Labor
Immigrant Sept. 11 cleanup crews look to residency as a reward
September 10, 2021“We need to be remembered. We were all immigrants who contributed to the U.S. We worked hard there, paid taxes, grew old there."
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Worker center leaders float ideas for ‘a just economy’
September 9, 2021Rebuilding the economy will include going outside structures of traditional unionism.
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Big-city mayors back workers’ right to organize
September 8, 2021AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler praises the Conference of Mayors for its strong stand in favor of the PRO Act.
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Unemployed workers face hardship, desperation as benefits run out
September 7, 2021Sudden end to aid can cause great damage to the entire economy as the recovery is jolted by a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
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Corporate class colludes to try to keep Trump-GOP tax cut
September 7, 2021Their aim is to keep the $1.7 trillion-plus personal and corporate tax cut handed to them by Trump.
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