Labor
United Auto Workers and GM reach tentative contract deal
October 16, 2019If the local leaders agree, the union’s 48,000 GM members, whom the firm forced to strike precisely a month before, would vote on the pact over the following two weeks.
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Trump tries to rob tipped workers – again
October 11, 2019Donald Trump seems to have a particular hatred for poor workers, especially if they’re women, people of color, or both.
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CWA: Labor board uses T-Mobile case to OK company unions
October 9, 2019The Sept. 30 board decision, overruling its own administrative law judge, drew fire from the Communications Workers.
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UFCW sues to stop Trump from returning slaughterhouses to The Jungle
October 8, 2019Trump’s pork processing rule is yet another instance of his pro-plutocratic GOP administration caviling to the wishes of the corporate class.
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Santa Clara county public workers strike for community welfare
October 7, 2019“It really takes moral courage to give up pay and be out here on the picket line, not just in support of yourselves and your families, but in support of the whole community.”
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