Labor
Laborers’ O’Sullivan: “No single answer’ to funding U.S. infrastructure needs
May 15, 2018"We support any and all sources of funding that will create good-paying, family-supporting, middle class jobs building and repairing America’s infrastructure."
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Chicago Tribune gives card-check recognition to Chicago News Guild
May 14, 2018“There is a rebellion brewing in newsrooms around the country. The journalists of the Chicago Tribune reflect that."
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Federal worker unions and retiree groups blast Trump pension cuts
May 11, 2018The cuts, which would hit retirees as well as current feds, would – combined with Trump’s pay freeze – also harm future hiring.
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Top NAACP official slams charter schools
May 10, 2018California NAACP president: Nation’s burgeoning charter school movement is bad for teachers, for kids, and for accountability to parents.
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House dumps GOP anti-construction worker scheme, again
May 9, 2018A bipartisan coalition of representatives defeated right wing Republicans’ scheme to cut construction workers’ pay.
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