Labor
Unions move to protect workers from coronavirus, McDonald’s doesn’t
March 12, 2020Unions moved quickly to try to protect workers and families from the spreading coronavirus, even as it potentially costs their members jobs. Many businesses, state, and local governments and even major league baseball and the NBA...
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Workers’ rights win in Virginia, lose in Florida
March 12, 2020What a difference an election makes. When it comes to workers’ rights, Virginia (yes) and Florida (no) proved that in the first week of March.
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Illinois may vote on state constitutional ban on ‘right-to-work’
March 9, 2020“Right to work” laws let free riders use union services and protections, which cost money, without paying one red cent for them.
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Safeway workers in San Jose, Calif., rally for fair contract
March 6, 2020These grocery store workers have been working without a new contract for 16 months.
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Rail unionists, passengers, lawmakers blast Amtrak outsourcing
March 5, 2020Various right-wingers want to close down Amtrak’s national network, leaving only the profitable Northeast Corridor, which would then be privatized.
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