Labor
AFL-CIO, several unions send volunteers to Puerto Rico
October 3, 2017Some 275 volunteers – pilots, mechanics, flight attendants, and others – will take off on a union-sponsored relief mission to hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico.
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Las Vegas hotel union holds vigil, offers workers mental health services
October 3, 2017“Nevada is our home and we will not live in fear.”
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Union leaders blast Janus case as effort to rig economy against workers
September 29, 2017WASHINGTON—Union leaders denounced the latest right-wing attempt to deprive workers and unions of money—via a Supreme Court case the justices have agreed to hear—as “a blatant attack to rig the economy against workers,” as Laborers President...
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Trump waives Jones Act, opening Puerto Rico to foreign relief ships
September 29, 2017It took Trump a week to lift the port restrictions, bringing flak for the delay, as well as for what Puerto Ricans on the street call a lack of federal response.
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AFL-CIO leader Trumka hits Trump tax plan
September 28, 2017Trump claimed his plan would help the working class. Trumka said, in so many words, that’s a lie.
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