Labor
Labor’s problem: Overcoming Mitch McConnell’s blockade
August 14, 2019McConnell, the Republican from Kentucky, has decreed that virtually every piece of legislation the House has sent or will send is (a) “Socialist” and (b) dead on arrival.
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Workers, allies lay groundwork for labor law reform fight
August 13, 2019Workers and their allies are laying the groundwork for a long, costly and probably bloody – well, not literally – battle to achieve true labor law reform in the U.S.
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Farmworkers rise up against Trump and labor exploitation
August 12, 2019Washington State today is ground zero in the effort to hold back the massive use of agricultural guest workers by U.S. growers.
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After El Paso massacre, California Walmart workers walk out over gun sales
August 9, 2019"Of all the gun tragedies, this hit the closest to home for a lot of us," Marshall told news media reps. "I felt like I had to do something or else I would really be complicit...
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Public service unions still strong a year after Janus
August 6, 2019Some labor-friendly states enacted laws last year to protect membership rolls while unions redoubled their recruitment efforts.
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