Labor
Bosses and Republicans use fake ‘labor shortage’ to cut unemployment benefits
May 12, 2021It’s not that people don’t want to work—it’s that they don’t want to work for so little.
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AFL-CIO, Mexican union file law-breaking charge vs. U.S. auto parts firm
May 11, 2021The labor movements in the U.S. and Mexico join in a fight against a corporate exploiter based in the U.S.
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Abandonment of COVID protections puts farm workers in a stranglehold
May 11, 2021“The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the dream of the industry,” says union activist Edgar Franks.
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McDonald’s workers forced into another one-day strike on May 19
May 11, 2021Fast food workers in at least 14 cities coast to coast will participate
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News Guild fights to save newspapers from vulture capitalists
May 10, 2021If the predators at Alden Global have their way, the Chicago Tribune will join the Baltimore Sun, the New York Daily News, the Hartford Courant, and others on their target list.
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