Labor
AFL-CIO warns Trump not to renege on NAFTA promise
June 12, 2017“It is time for the Trump administration to rewrite NAFTA the right way."
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Trump’s infrastructure program a fraud
June 12, 2017"When you actually look at Trump’s infrastructure plan, it quickly becomes apparent that it’s not a serious plan."
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Portland unionist dies defending women against hate speech, attack
June 9, 2017Rick Best was one of the two heroic men stabbed to death while defending two young women – one wearing a hijab – against hate speech.
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Richard Trumka: Widening income inequality threatens democracy worldwide
June 9, 2017“In a world of global corporations and big data, of Nissan and Uber, collective power is the only form of empowerment that actually exists for ordinary people.”
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Needed: Clean environment and good jobs—or we’ll have neither!
June 9, 2017Some viewed pollution as a blessing, a harbinger of jobs. Air that tasted of sulfur signified paychecks. But it meant early death.
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