Labor
Trump Labor Dept. takes first step toward yanking overtime pay rule
June 29, 2017In plain English, what the Labor Department wants OMB to do is to open the new rule up to corporate challenges.
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Indigenous Oaxacan farm workers win themselves a union in the Pacific Northwest
June 28, 2017”That’s the priority-to raise our living standards. We know the contract will change our lives. Now, if we make a little more, our children will have other possibilities."
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Republicans squabble over prevailing wage law
June 28, 2017“If all 25 states with prevailing wage laws today weakened or outright repealed their statutes, an additional 99,000 blue-collar construction workers would see their incomes fall below the poverty level," said the National Association of Building...
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Nurses’ union blasts Calif. lawmakers for dropping single payer health care bill
June 28, 2017The Golden State houses one of every eight people in the U.S., and the measure would have covered all of them.
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Trumka: Labor’s campaign against Trumpcare to continue as long as necessary
June 28, 2017Organized labor’s massive campaign against the Senate Republicans’ health care bill will continue through the congressional Independence Day recess and beyond.
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