Labor
Trumka: 19-year high in strikes shows ‘sea change in America’
February 13, 2020Federal workers are still trying to recover from Trump’s stoppage, which cost them five weeks of pay.
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Unions gear up for big election among California child care providers
February 12, 2020This workforce of mostly women of color, isolated in their own day care centers, will finally be able to take care of themselves—and each other.
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Parade of Dems warn UAW of perils of continuing Republican rule
February 11, 2020A parade of prominent Democrats have warned delegates to the Auto Workers Legislative/Political Conference of the perils of continuing Republican rule in Washington.
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Union leaders laud House passage of PRO Act, Trump veto threatened
February 7, 2020"With the passage of this bill, employers who violate our workers’ rights would feel repercussions.”
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PRO Act passes; BlueGreen Alliance says green union jobs possible
February 6, 2020Among its reforms, the bill would repeal the section of the GOP's 1947 Taft-Hartley Act that permits “right to work” laws.
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