Labor
Nearly 17 million have lost their jobs, overwhelming state unemployment agencies
April 9, 2020While the government did not release data by race or ethnic group, the Economic Policy Institute warns people of color are suffering more.
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Senate Dems propose big pay hike for frontline anti-pandemic workers
April 8, 2020Senate Democrats’ plans for the next big economic stimulus bill include a big pay hike for frontline workers.
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Federal union sues for hazardous duty pay for exposed workers
April 6, 2020On March 28, Patrick Jones, aged 49, died of the coronavirus in the federal prison in Oakdale, La. He was the first federal inmate to perish from it.
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News Guild, journalists’ union, sets out to save newspapers
April 3, 2020Emphasizing their role in getting reliable information out to the public, the News Guild is setting out to save endangered newspapers across the country.
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Rail workers blast Trump use of coronavirus to trash safety rules, inspections
April 3, 2020“We cannot sit back and let the carriers and the government make us pay the price for their criminal lack of foresight."
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