Labor
Auto Workers union demands Trump wear anti-virus mask on Ford plant visit
May 21, 2020But if past is prologue, he won't. Plus, the company already caved and said he didn't have to.
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Corporations using coronavirus excuse to get permanent immunity from workers’ lawsuits
May 20, 2020The business scheme also includes routing the few lawsuits against the worst wrongdoers away from state courts and into federal courts packed with anti-worker Trump-named judges.
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Mine Wars: ‘Matewan Massacre’ a century ago embodied miners’ struggles
May 19, 2020100 years ago, a pitched battle between miners and company security in the town of Matewan, W.V., left 10 people dead.
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AFL-CIO sues Trump’s OSHA to force firms to protect workers from virus
May 19, 2020“It’s truly a sad day in America when working people must sue the organization tasked with protecting our health and safety,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
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Union leaders back vote by mail
May 18, 2020Top union leaders, marshaled by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, are backing the $3.6 billion in the House Democrats’ stimulus bill to pay states to establish vote-by-mail systems.
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